Boryeong City Forestry Cooperative takes top prize for leading use of national forest management information system
South Chungcheong Province and the Boryeong City Forestry Cooperative have been recognized for leading a sustainable future forest management model.
South Chungcheong Province announced Thursday that the Boryeong City Forestry Cooperative won the grand prize and the provincial government took the excellence award at the 2025–2026 National Forest Management Information System Outstanding Utilization Agency Evaluation.
The Korea Forest Service conducted the evaluation over the past two years, measuring digital forest management performance across local governments and forestry cooperatives nationwide. It assessed data accuracy within the national forest management information system, field data entry and accumulation, and administrative utilization records.
The province was recognized for its efforts to promote the forest management information system and provide institutional support, while the Boryeong City Forestry Cooperative earned the top honor for its exemplary use of the system in the field over the same two-year period.
The awards ceremony was held Thursday at the 26th Forest Digital Conference at Splash Risom in Yesan.
An Gyu-won, head of the provincial mountainous land management division, said the award "objectively proves that our province's digital-based forest management capabilities are at the highest level in the country, establishing South Chungcheong as the center of digital forest administration in Korea." An added that the province would continue to integrate AI and other technologies into forest administration to lead a sustainable future forest management model.
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