A hundreds of kilometers-long firebreak was created and is repaired regularly. This year alone, a stone barrier extending for some 20 kilometers and a water-collecting site with a total capacity of over 130 cubic meters have been built.

By enhancing the responsibility and role of the forest rangers, the province intensified the work for monitoring forest fire and harmful insects. The province also fulfilled the biological pesticide production plan for the second quarter of the year by 109 percent by exploiting its internal reserves.

A brisk mass movement for forest conservation is underway in many cities and counties including Kanggye City and Songgan and Sijung counties of the province which established a proper forest conservancy system.