• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
• /
• v.109 no.4
• /
• pp.371-381
• /
• 2020

The Ministry of Environment (ME) is planning to adopt in 2020 the IUCN regional Red List for "Guidelines for listing and delisting rare & endangered species and management of endangered Species System". The ME designated 377 species of vascular plants on the regional Red List. In a previous study it had been suggested that 103 species from this list are candidates for the regional Red List. With respect to a possible Red List, we assessed 59 species (after excluding 34 additional NA species and ten endemic species). These assessments indicated that 16 species are at the "threatened" level. Of those, one species is Critically Endangered, ten are Endangered, and five are Vulnerable. A further four species are classified as Near Threatened, 30 as Of Least Concern, and nine as Data Deficient. We found that most of the assessments proposed by the Ministry of Environment were not supported by scientific data, including quantitative geographic data (over 70%) in Criteria B. In order to determine the endangered species belonging to the orchid family, it is necessary to obtain records of illegal activities or data on overcollection. The current problem with the Ministry of Environment Red List has been the lack of management of scientific data on species showing a trend in decreasing population in the mid- to long-term; thus, there is a lack of critical resources for policy-makers. The ME legally designated categories and assessment, and the lack of expertise in failing to comply with the legal law by itself. The key to presenting an accurate overview of the state of Korean flora is to fill the information gaps with respect to significant geographical and taxonomical biases in the quality and quantity of data. By regularly updating the qualified data, we will be able to track the changes in the conservation status of the flora and inform the necessary conservation policies.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
• /
• v.106 no.2
• /
• pp.111-120
• /
• 2017

The best source of information on the conservation status of species at a global scale is the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Until now, 236 vascular plants from Korean peninsula have been evaluated using the IUCN red list categories and criteria. It indicated that five taxa were considered as critically endangered, 20 as endangered and nine as vulnerable species as a threatened status. On the other hand, the rest (189 taxa) were assessed as a least concern, which did not qualify for threatened species categories. Korea Ministry of Environment published a revised version of 57 species list by re-classifying endangered species with idiosyncratic qualitative criteria for two levels (I and II) followed by status reviews in 2011. However, two thirds species proposed by Ministry of Environment do not qualify as threatened. The major difficulties found in applying IUCN Red List criteria at the global scale was a lack of knowledge on the status of species at broader geographic scales and the perceived difficulty the causes. The lack of consistency between two lists constrains the prioritization of species-based conservation work at the national level. Due to a lack of centralized monitoring data for most species, this status is largely qualitatively and so it carries a high level of uncertainty. This is reflected in the high number of species with an unknown population trend. The current list of endangered species of flora and fauna by the Ministry of Environment should be recognized as the national list (local and population extinction), which is different from the IUCN Red list due to the different geographical contexts. Also, it is necessary to improve the quality of evaluation and conservation management system rather than presenting massive number of endangered species list.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
• /
• v.39 no.2
• /
• pp.44.2-44.2
• /
• 2014

우주론의 표준모형에서는 어느 정도 큰 규모에서 물질의 분포가 균일하고 등방하다고 가정한다. 본 연구는 어떤 규모에서 물질의 분포가 균일한지 은하의 관측 자료를 이용하여 조사하였다. 관측 자료로는 SDSS Data Release 7의 적색편이 값이 0.16에서 0.47사이에 있는 105,831개의 LRGs의 목록을 사용하였다. LRGs의 목록을 이용해서 일정한 적색편이 구간에 있는 은하들을 택하여, 이를 2차원 면으로 간주하고, 각 은하를 중심으로 원을 만들어 원의 면적에 대한 원 내부에 있는 은하들의 개수의 증감을 이용하여 균일성을 조사하였다. 정확한 비교를 위해 LRGs의 목록과 동일한 수의 은하를 무작위적으로 뿌린 Random catalog와 표준모형을 기반으로 만들어진 Horizon Run 3의 N-body simulation 의 결과로부터 얻어낸 halo mock catalog를 각각 비교하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
• /
• v.28 no.5
• /
• pp.305-320
• /
• 2005

Recently 64 species in Korea have been ranked as rare and endangered taxa by the Ministry of Environment using two categories, I and II. The original threat categories produced by the Ministry of Environment were developed to provide a standard for specifying animals and plants in danger of extinction and has been influential sources of information used in species conservation in Korea. However, the criteria by Ministry of Environment were applied to the whole taxa only by regional boundaries, especially in South Korea, rather than international context, and it also lacked an explicit framework that was necessary to ensure repeatability among taxa because of the absence of quantitative criteria to measure the likelihood of extinction. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has developed quantitative criteria for assessing the conservation status of species. The threatened species categories, the 2000 IUCN Red List, proposed by SSC (Species Survival Commission) of IUCN have become widely recognized internationally. Details of threatened Korean plants, identified by applying the IUCN threat categories and definitions, were listed and analyzed. The number of species identified as threatened was only 34 out of 64 taxa (48.4%), while the rest of taxa were rejected from the original lists. Many of the species (51.6%, 33 taxa) excluded from the original list proposed by Ministry of Environment do not qualify as Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable because these taxa were widely distributed either in Japan or in China/far eastern Russia and there is no evidence of substantial decline in these countries. An evaluation of taxa in Korea has been carried out only based on subjective views and qualitative data, rather than quantitative scientific data, such as rates of decline, distribution range size, population size, and risk of extinction. Therefore, the national lists undermine the credibility of threatened species lists and invite misuse, which have been raised by other cases, qualitative estimate of risk, political influence, uneven taxonomic or geographical coverage. The increasing emphasis on international responsibilities means that global scale is becoming more significant. The current listings by Environment of Ministry of Korea should be challenged, and the government should seek to facilitate the resolution of disagreements. Especially the list should be flexible enough to handle uncertainty and also incorporates detailed, quantitative data. It is suggested that the highest priorities for the Red List should be given to endemic species in Korea first. After setting up the list of endemic species to Korea, quantitative data on population size and structure, distributional range, rated of decline, and habitat fragmentation should be collected as one of long term projects for the Red list categories. Transparency and accountability are the most important key factors. Also, species assessors are named and data sources referenced are required for the future objective evaluations on Korean plant taxa.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 2018.04a
• /
• pp.30-30
• /
• 2018

한반도 고유 식물자원인 특산식물 물들메나무의 지리학적 분포 범위에 대한 고찰을 시도 하였으며, 이를 바탕으로 IUCN 적색목록 평가 자료 확보를 위해 IUCN Red List Criteria B의 분포범위(Extent of occurrence)와 점유면적(Area of occupancy)을 측정하였다. 물들메나무 분포도 작성을 위해 분포가 언급된 관련 문헌자료, 국립수목원 표본관(KH) 소장 표본정보, 국가생물종지식정보시스템(Nature) 종발생정보 DB, 그리고 현장조사 자료를 활용하였다. 이를 통해 한반도 특산식물 물들메나무는 지리산을 중심으로 전라남 북도, 경상남 북도 및 충청북도에 분포하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 북방한계지역은 경상북도 보현산으로 추정된다. 수집된 분포정보를 바탕으로 IUCN Red List Criteria B의 분포범위(Extent of occurrence)과 점유면적(Area of occupancy)을 계산한 결과 각각 $25,183km^2$, $96km^2$로 나타났다. 하지만 정확한 보전지위 평가를 위해서는 점유면적, 분포범위, 서식지 면적, 개체군 크기에 대한 지속적인 하락과 극단적인 변동을 측정할 수 있는 모니터링과 객관적인 자료가 요구된다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
• /
• v.107 no.4
• /
• pp.361-377
• /
• 2018

The aim of this study was to examine whether the guideline by the Ministry of Environment (ME) successfully and appropriately applied the IUCN Red List criteria at regional level and the rare and endangered national list considered eligible. A certain number of vascular plants, which are widely distributed in the world or in east Asia, deemed to be ineligible for assessment at a regional level as Not Applicable category (NA), because it occurs at very low numbers in South Korea. Among 377 vascular plant taxa evaluated by the ME, NA included 238 species, which represented 63.1%. The number of synonymized species or illegitimate name species were 13 species, which accounted for 3.4%. 21 species (9.3%) were threatened at global level and 103 species were possibly candidates species list for Red List assessments at regional level in the near future. The proportion of NA or waiting list was 66.6% among the list assessed by the ME. The most common errors involved incorrectly application of species extinction in case of population extinction in South Korea to the assessment and provided incorrect interpretation of the Red List criteria at regional level. The most assessments proposed by ME were not backed up without quantitative data quality, justifications, and sources. It is suggested that the risk of extinction should be reassessed at least in the Korean peninsula within the light of their overall distribution including far eastern Russia and North eastern China in north and for Japan and Taiwan in south for regional assessment. The results obtained here using the IUCN criteria at regional level showed that the list proposed by the ME produced an overestimation of the number of threatened vascular plants. Also, the misapplication of the term 'species extinction' for regional assessment was open to some degree of subjectivity and misinterpretation.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
• /
• v.45 no.1
• /
• pp.49.2-49.2
• /
• 2020

SDSS-III BOSS DR12 은하적색이동 탐사 자료 중 CMASS 표본을 사용하여 물질 분포에 대한 균일성 테스트를 수행하였다. 균일성의 비교 기준으로는 (i) 완전한 무작위 분포, (ii) Horizon Run 3 N-체 수치실험에서 얻은 헤일로 목록, 그리고 (iii) 물질 요동의 파워 스펙트럼과 로그정규분포를 가정해 얻은 모의 은하 목록을 사용하였다. 현재 관측된 영역에서 통계적으로 의미가 있는 가장 큰 규모인 300h-1Mpc까지 조사한 결과, 우리는 관측된 물질 분포가 무작위 분포와 비교하여 전혀 균일하지 않지만 우주론으로부터 구한 나머지 두 목록과는 부합함을 보였다. 우주의 균일 등방성을 제시하는 우주론 원리는 우주론의 이론적 전개에서 물질의 분포가 아닌 공간곡률에 적용된다. 지금 우주모형에서는 이 원리에서 벗어난 공간곡률의 정도가 충분히 작으므로 우주론 원리를 우주론에 적용하는 데 문제가 없다. 하지만 우리는 물질 분포가 균일 등방성에서 벗어난 정도가 상당함을 보였으며, 따라서 우주론 원리가 이론적 모형에 성공적으로 적용되지만 실제로 관측된 은하 분포에는 존재하지 않는다는 기존의 결론을 새로운 자료를 이용해 강화하였다.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 2018.10a
• /
• pp.41-41
• /
• 2018

차꼬리고사리(Asplenium trichomanes L.)는 남방계식물로 제주도에 자생하는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 잎에 광택이 있고 총생하는 식물이다. 주로 실내 외 조경 및 분화소재로 이용되며, 한방에서는 철각봉미초라하여 뿌리를 포함한 전초를 이질, 임병, 만성질염, 월경불순 및 요통의 약재로 사용한다. 또한 식물구계학적 특정식물종 IV급, 적색자료목록 준위협 (NT)에 분류된 식물로 보호가 필요하다. 본 연구는 차꼬리고사리의 대량생산을 위한 기내전엽체 증식 및 기외포자체 형성조건을 구명하고자 수행되었다. 실험재료는 포자를 기내 발아시켜 전엽체를 획득한 다음 8주 간격으로 계대하면서 확보하였다. 전엽체의 증식과 생육에 적합한 배지를 비교하고자, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2MS와 Knop배지를 조성하여 배양하였다. 배양은 전엽체 300mg을 메스로 균일하게 다지는 방법을 이용하였으며, 배양환경은 온도 $25{\pm}1.0^{\circ}C$, 광도 $30{\pm}1.0{\mu}mol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$, 광주기 16/8h(light/dark)로 조절되었다. 실험결과, 1MS배지에 배양된 전엽체의 생체중이 4.3g으로 가장 많이 증가하였다. 형태형성발달도 하트형의 전엽체로 정상적으로 유도되었으며, 생식기관도 관찰되었다. 전엽체로부터 포자체의 형성을 유도하고자, 원예상토, 피트모스, 펄라이트 및 마사토의 비율을 5종류로 달리하여 혼합된 토양을 사각분($7.5{\times}7.5{\times}7.5cm$)에 충진하였다. 전엽체 1g과 증류수 25mL를 핸드블랜더로 10초간 분쇄하여 토양표면에 분주하는 실험방법을 사용하였다. 재배환경은 온도 $25{\pm}1.0^{\circ}C$, 광도 $43{\pm}2.0{\mu}mol{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$, 광주기 16/8h(light/dark)로 유지하면서 12주간 재배되었다. 실험결과, 원예상토 단용, 원예상토와 펄라이트가 2:1(v:v)로 혼합된 토양, 원예상토와 마사토가 2:1(v:v)로 혼합된 토양에서 각 31.7, 24.3, 19.3개의 포자체가 생산되었다. 한편 포자체의 생육은 원예상토 단용 토양에서 엽수, 엽장, 엽폭 등의 수치가 비교적 우수하였다. 따라서 차꼬리고사리의 전엽체는 MS배지에 배양하고 증식된 전엽체를 원예상토에 분주하여 포자체의 형성을 유도하는 것이 가장 효과적이었다.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
• /
• v.42 no.2
• /
• pp.116-125
• /
• 2012

The distribution, vegetation characteristics and an assessment of the conservation status of the Korea endemic species Coreanomecon hylomeconoides Nakai were investigated to collect biological basic data to formulate a conservation strategy. According to the distribution map of C. hylomeconoides based on the literature, specimen information, and local field surveys, natural populations of C. hylomeconoides are intensively distributed in the Southern regions of the peninsula, around Gyeongsangnam-do and Jeollanan-do. C. hylomeconoides was distributed in the middle and low slope adjacent to a valley. The altitude ranged from 227 m to 744 m, with inclinations of $5-10^{\circ}$. As a result of a vegetation survey within natural populations, a total of 238 taxa were identified from 29 quadrates in 8 natural populations. The importance value of C. hylomeconoides is 25.34% based on the coverage and frequency of the herbaceous layer with in the populations. The species diversity of the occurrence of the species in 8 natural populations was 1.52, while the averages of species evenness and the dominance values were calculated to be 0.83 and 0.17, respectively. As a result of assessing the conservation status through IUCN Red List criteria, C. hylomeconoides was evaluated as Near Threatened (NT). Conservation strategies are also discussed for the sustainable conservation of C. hylomeconoides.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 2022.09a
• /
• pp.44-44
• /
• 2022

본 연구는 산림 생물다양성 특정 지역인 풍혈지 25개소를 대상으로 기후변화에 취약한 북방계식물 등의 현지내·외 보전 대책 수립과 풍혈지의 산림유전자원보호지역 지정을 위한 기초자료로 활용하기 위하여 조사를 수행하였다. 조사는 풍혈의 바람이 나오는 핵심지역 10m 를 중심으로 동서남북으로 각각 50m 범위에서 실시하였고, 2016년 4월부터 2021년 11월까지 계절별로 각 1~2회씩 수행하였다. 한국의 25개소 풍혈지의 관속식물상은 125과 486속 947종 23아종 75변종 7품종 총 1,052분류군으로 확인되었다. 조사 면적은 최대 0.09km²로 우리나라 산림면적 62,860km²의 0.00014%에 불과하지만, 우리나라 관속식물의 4,724종 중에서 22.27%가 출현하였다. 이는 풍혈지역이 산림생물다양성의 가치가 매우 높은 지역임을 확인해 볼 수 있다. 특기할만한 식물은 멸종위기야생생물이 산작약, 으름난초 등 6분류군, 희귀식물과 적색목록은 월귤, 개병풍 등 67분류군, 한반도 특산식물과 고유종이 병꽃나무 등 58분류군, 식물구계학적 특정식물은 개느삼 등 총 317분류군이 조사되었다. 북방계식물은 토끼고사리 등 181분류군, 석회암지대 식물은 덕우기름나물 등 32분류군이 확인되었다. 외래식물은 개망초, 달맞이꽃 등 75분류군이 확인되었고, 귀화율 7.13%와 도시화율 12.12%로 산출되었다. 본 연구대상지인 풍혈지 25개소의 식물지리학적 특정식물은 월귤, 흰인가목, 꽃개회나무, 각시괴불나무, 산솜방망이 등으로 파악되었다.