• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.99-104
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• 2009

Gotjawal forest refers to the forest covering the rocky area of "AA Lava" on Jeju Island of South Korea. In this article it is shown that Gotjawal forest is an internationally important wetland under the Ramsar Convention. Gotjawal forest should be regarded as a wetland because it is a subterranean hydrological system, which is classified as wetland under the Ramsar Convention. And Gotjawal forest is an internationally important wetland because it is the representative wetland type of Jeju region with hydrological importance, and because it supports rare species of plants.

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.12-17
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• 1996

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.2-6
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• 1996

• Environmental engineer
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• v.24 s.251
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• pp.74-77
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.3-16
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• 2006

• Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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• no.75
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• pp.35-39
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• 2006

There was known as Wetlands that the area was covered with the water. There are three conditions that is hydrology, soil, vegetation in the study of wetlands. The terminology are swamps, marshes, bogs, fens etc in foreign land. In Korea, there are many names for example mot. sotacji, noup, soubwon, soubji etc. But it should be defined the terminology of wetlands on the interpretation of foreign terminology or the unification of wetlands study inland.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.27-37
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• 1999

국토의 3%를 차지하면서 우리들의 삶 속에 함께 있었음에도 불구하고 갯벌은 오랫동안 우리의 관심밖에서 매립, 간척으로 파괴되거나 각종 오염물의 유입으로 훼손되어 왔다. 갯벌은 그동안 조개류나 양식등을 통한 수산물을 획득하는 것 이외에는 질퍽한 뻘이 가득한 땅, 쓸모없는 땅으로 인식되어 왔다. 주로 서남해안에 위치해 있는 갯벌은 간척의 대상으로서 주목을 받아왔고 계화지구, 영산강 지구, 남양만 지구, 아산만 지구, 천수만 AB지구, 영종도 신공항 지구, 시화지구, 새만금 지구 등 강하구를 비롯한 주요한 갯벌의 대부분이 간척되었거나 간척중이다. 갯벌에 대한 중요성과 그 가치에 대한 인식은 최근 몇 년 사이에 급속히 확산되고 있으며 지난해 12월 29일 통과된 습지보전법에 의하여 정부는 갯벌에 대한 관리방안 마련과 조사활동 계획등을 수립하고 있다. a99년 이번 5월 10i¡18일에 있었던 제7차 람사협약당사국총회가 진행되는 동안 우리 나라의 갯벌은 국제적 관심사로 부각되기도 하였다. 그동안 우리 나라의 갯벌이 어떻게 인식되어 왔고 이용하였으며, 특히 농지와 산업용지 확보라는 측면에서 추진되었던 간척사업의 문제점 등을 새만금 종합개발 사업을 중심으로 하여 살펴보기로 하고, 먼저, 갯벌에 관한 일반적인 내용과 우리 나라 갯벌을 이해한 후 새만금종합개발사업에 논하도록 한다.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.575-605
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• 2007

Korea's tidelands policy IS examined and criticized in the paper. Korea's major tidelands in the west coast might disappear within a decade. The anachronistic development IS driven by the political interest group, forming coalition for reclamation and busily fulfilling its own profits under the facade of public good and regional development. But all regions of the world have been gradually scrapping the massive reclamation projects since the 1970's and active movements to reverse the reclamation and restore the nature are on the rise. In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to suspend the construction of the dam and to protect the snail darter despite that over 100 million dollars had been injected. This court ruling became famous and caused the American public to change their perception about the environment. In the Netherlands, following a prolonged discussion on pros and cons of reclamation, open type seawall was adopted to strike a balance among the available alternatives. Japan's Ministry of Environment was praised for forming the National Wetland Committee in order to designate 20 new Ramsar sites by 2008, with an objective to reach 33 designated Ramsar sites. Away from the large-scale reclamation projects, Korea has to move towards smaller-scale projects focusing on the knowledege intensive and circular economy society that are more in harmony with the environment.