Gyeonggi Province in South Korea will use drones with high-resolution cameras and satellites to collect forest data, which AI will analyse to pick out trees suspected of pine wilt disease. The disease has spread to 26 of the province's cities and counties.
The province held the first meeting of a joint task force with the Korea Forest Service and all 31 of its cities and counties on 12 November, chaired by Vice Governor for Economic Affairs Joo Hyung-chul, and agreed to finish control work by next February. The drones are meant to cover mountain areas that ground crews find hard to reach.
Joo said the province, the Korea Forest Service and the 31 cities and counties must work as one team to stop the disease.
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Gyeonggi Province
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South Korean province that set up a joint task force against pine wilt disease.
