The present states and tasks of non-national forest craft workers in Korea - Focused on Chonbuk province

The major purpose of magnification of non-national forest craft workers in Korea, which were organized fundamentally in 1990, is to manage efficiently the forest that were not conserved by resident forest owners and absent ones because of lack of manpower and economically small-scale of forest. However, in spite of the expansion and support toward non-national forest craft workers, it is very hard situation to secure full-time workers for forest owing to irregular earnings of craft workers and the deficiency of the social security system. Therefore, the investigation and study were performed to comprehend the present condition of 5 private forest craft workers at Wanju and Imshil counties that were situated in suburbs of city, and 4 private forest craft workers at Chinan and Changsu counties that were situated in rural mountain areas. As results, Wanju and Imshil counties, we should bring up the thirties and forties as the main group of full-time forestry manpower who earn a small income because of weak agricultural management basis. And in case of rural mountain sites, Chinan and Changsu counties, we should bring up the forestry manpower as a side job because there are surplus labor force from agriculture, which can be used in forest project. And here, regional differences, such as the labor force, the production structure of individual agriculture and forestry business have been worked as great factors.