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The 6th National Forest Inventory and Forest Health Monitoring were conducted from 2011 to 2015. The result shows that the total forest area is 6,355 thousand ha. It is a decrease of 36 thousand ha compared with since 2010. The regional average growing stock is the highest in Gangwon-do and the lowest in Jeollanam-do. Conifer forest is the dominant forest type representing 36.9% (2,339 thousand ha) of all forest area. The percentage of broadleaf forest area and mixed forest area are 32.0% and 36.9%, respectively. The growing stock is the highest in conifer forest (44%). Especially, 82% of the growing stock is aged over 31 years. The area of conifer forest is a 9.4% decrease and broadleaf forest is a 18% increase. About 67% of total forest presents healthy condition. Total species of woody plant are 377 and Gangwon-do has the most various species. Soil acidity ranges from pH 4.5 to 5.5.