▲ [사진= 북부지방 산림청] 최수천 북부지방 산림청장   © 운영자

[김일웅 기자= 경기북부] 북부지방산림청 최수천 청장은 양봉농가 및 양봉산업 소득증대를 위해 ’21년 봄철에 밀원수 나무심기 사업 38ha(11만 본)를 추진한다고 밝혔다.

북부지방산림청은 지난 17년부터 작년까지 양봉농가의 소득증대를 위한 밀원수를 120ha, 38만여 본을 식자해 지역주민들에 큰 호응을 받았었다. 이에 최수천 청장은 올해 38ha,를 추가해 포스트 코로나19시대에 어려운 농가들에게 힘을 보태기로 했다고 전했다.

▲ [사진= 북부지방산림청] 북부지방산림청 관내 인제 헛개나무 조림지  © 운영자

북부지방산림청 관할 지역인  강원 화천·춘천에 아까시나무 외 1종 22ha, 경기 양주·양평에 산벚나무 외 1종 16ha 식재하기로 했다고 밝혔다. 밀원수는 꿀을 채밀할 수 있는 나무로 아까시·산벚·헛개나무 등이 있으며, 밀원수림은 2ha 이상 집단화하여 경제성이 높은 종으로 알려져있다. 지역특색 및 나무심기 사업 여건에 따라 밀원수종을 다양화하여 임지에 적합한 수종을 식재할 것이라고 밝혔다.

최수천 북부지방산림청장은 “연차적인 밀원수종 나무심기를 통해 양봉농가 소득에 도움이 되도록 지속적으로 정책을 추진하고, 사후관리 강화에 최선을 다하겠다.”라고 전했다.

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*아래는 위 기사를 구글 번역기로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]이다.

[Below is the [full text] of an English article translated from the above article with Google Translate.]

Northern Regional Forestry Administration promotes 38ha of planting of wheat sources in '21 for beekeepers

-Stepping up to increase the income of beekeeping farms and beekeeping industry-

[Reporter Il-woong Kim = Northern Gyeonggi Province] Chief of the Northern Regional Forest Service, Choi Soo-cheon, announced that in the spring of '21, 38ha (110,000 trees) of planting wheat will be promoted to increase the income of beekeepers and the beekeeping industry.

The Northern Regional Forest Service received a great response from local residents by compiling 120 hectares and 380,000 copies of the number of beekeepers to increase the income of beekeepers from 17 to last year. Accordingly, Commissioner Choi Soo-cheon said that this year, he added 38ha, and decided to add strength to difficult farmers in the post-Covid-19 era.

He said that he decided to plant 22ha of ash and one species in Hwacheon and Chuncheon in Gangwon-do, which are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Regional Forest Service, and 16ha of cherry trees and one species in Yangju and Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province. Milwonsu is a tree that can collect honey. There are akashi, wild cherry, and huts, and the wheatwon forest is known as a highly economical species by grouping more than 2ha. According to regional characteristics and tree planting business conditions, it is said that it will diversify the species of wheat sources and plant species suitable for forest land.

Choi Soo-cheon, head of the Northern Regional Forest Service, said, "We will continue to promote policies to help the income of beekeepers through annual planting of trees from wheat sources, and will do our best to reinforce follow-up management."

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