00:00There's a particular reason why wildfires occur so frequently in our country.
00:02It's because of pine trees.
00:03Korea has consistently carried out reforestation projects,
00:06so while the mountains used to be bare in the past,
00:07now the country has changed into one with many forests.
00:10But most of this reforestation was done with pine trees.
00:12The problem is that pine trees catch fire very easily.
00:14Pine trees contain a lot of resin, so they catch fire more easily than broadleaf trees
00:17and burn for a longer time, often acting as kindling that makes wildfires larger.
00:20That's why, going forward, I think we should plant more trees like oak or maple,
00:24which are more resistant to wildfires and create forests with a greater variety of trees.
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