North and South Korea on Wednesday agreed to take joint action on forest disease and pest control on the inter-Korean border and to push forward with cooperation projects on forest composition and protection.

The joint press statement follows a day of working-level talks between the two Koreas on forestry cooperation, which began at 1000 local time at the Peace House on the southern part of the truce village of Panmunjom.

“The South and the North agreed to hold discussions on forest creation and protection and to carry out cooperation projects,” the statement read.

The projects include modernization of tree nurseries,