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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2014.103.3.431

Mapping and Assessment of Forest Biomass Resources in Korea  

Son, Yeong Mo (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Sun Jeoung (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Sowon (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Hwang, Jeong Sun (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Raehyun (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Park, Hyun (Center for Forest & Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.103, no.3, 2014 , pp. 431-438 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to assess forest biomass resource which is a carbon sink and a renewable resource in Korea. The total forest biomass resource potential was 804 million tons, and conifers, broadleaved forest and mixed forest accounted for 265 million tons, 282 million tons, and 257 million tons, respectively. Proportionately to regional forest stocks, biomass potential of Gangwon-do had most biomass potential, followed by Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do. The woody biomass from the byproduct of sawn timber in commercial harvesting was 707 thousand ton/year, and that from the byproduct of forest tending was 592 thousand ton/year. The amount resulted in about 1,300 thousand ton/year of potential supplies from forest biomass resource into the energy market. It's tonnage of oil equivalent(toe) was 585 thousand ton/year. In this study, we developed a program (BiomassMap V2.0) for forest biomass resource mapping. Used system to develop this program was Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Access ArcGIS and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0. Additionally, This program made use of tool such as ESRI MapObjects2.1 in order to take advantage of spatial information. This program shows the map of total biomass stock, annual biomass growth at forest land in Korea, and biomass production from forest tending and commercial harvesting. The information can also be managed by the program. The biomass resource map can be identified by regional and forest type for the purpose of utilization. So, we expect the map and program to be very useful for forest managers in the near future.
Keywords
forest biomass; biomass potential; bio-energy; biomass map;
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