サクラやモモの木を守るため、環境省が虫の対策を強めます

サクラやモモなどの木きを食くい荒あららす特定外来生物とくていがいらいせいぶつの「クビアカツヤカミキリ」による被害ひがいが、各地かくちで急速きゅうそくに広ひろがっています。

〜による= caused by; due to食い荒らす= to devour; to eat up and ruin

この虫むしは木きを枯からしてしまうため、各地かくちの自治体じちたいが防除ぼうじょ対策たいさくを進すすめています。

〜てしまう= to do something completely or with regret (expresses unintended damage or consequence here)

環境省かんきょうしょうは、こうした対策たいさくを進すすめる自治体じちたいへの支援しえんを、大幅おおはばに拡充かくじゅうする方針ほうしんです。

〜方針です= plans to; is policy to (indicates an official course of action)

Learning Notes

Pattern	Meaning
〜による	caused by; due to
食い荒らす	to devour; to eat up and ruin
〜てしまう	to do something completely or with regret (expresses unintended damage or consequence here)
〜方針です	plans to; is policy to (indicates an official course of action)

Word	Reading	Level	Meaning
被害	ひがい	N3	(suffering) damage；injury；harm
対策	たいさく	N2	measure；step；countermeasure；counterplan；countermove；strategy；preparation (e.g. for a test)
方針	ほうしん	N2	policy；course；plan (of action)；principle
自治体	じちたい		municipality；local government；self-governing body；autonomous body
支援	しえん		support；backing；aid；assistance

•The Kubiaka tsuyakamikiri (red-necked longhorn beetle) is an invasive species natively from China and the Korean Peninsula. Its larvae bore into cherry, peach, and plum trees, eating the inner trunk wood and causing trees to wither and fall.
•In Japan, local municipalities bear the primary responsibility for invasive species extermination (防除). The Ministry of the Environment's expanded support provides financial subsidies and technical guidance to help local governments protect trees.