Special Act on the Extermination of Pine Wilt Disease.

The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the conservation of national land by conserving forests damaged by pine wilt disease, and by devising and promoting measures for the prevention of damage in order to secure the functionality of forest resources. In particular, where a pine wilt has broken out or is likely to break out, a forest owner, an owner of infected trees or infection-prone trees other than a forest owner, and his representative shall eradicate or prevent such disease. For prompt preparatory observation, eradication, education, publicity, to strengthen the control of pine wilt, the Minister of the Korea Forest Service shall establish a pine wilt monitoring center that performs the following duties in the Korea Forestry Promotion Institute under Article 29-2 of the Forestry and Mountain Villages Development Promotion Act. The text consists of 19 articles.