• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.82-96
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• 2010

Currently, biodiversity conservation is regarded as one of the most important environmental issues in the 21st century. However, The educational approaches on biodiversity conservation is not actively developed. This study was conducted to develop the educational program on biodiversity conservation related with endangered species conservation for improving elementary and middle school girl students' knowledge on biodiversity, inspiring the value and importance of biodiversity, and improving the attitude toward the conservation of biodiversity. Because the biodiversity loss of wetlands such as rice-fields, rivers, marshes has made the breeding population of Oriental White Stork(Ciconia boyciana) endangered in Korea, this subject was very effective for students to learn the cause and effect of biodiversity loss realistically. The education program was conducted to 68 local elementary and middle girl students from 2007 to 2009 and consists of three main activities such as feeding on storks in captivity, sampling living organisms in rice-fields, and designing the future stork living village. The results didn't show a positive effect on improving the knowledge on the biodiversity, but a positive effect on improving the attitude toward the conservation of biodiversity. And the number of taxa that students noticed in rice-fields has increased significantly. In conclusion, this educational program promoted students to concern about and take up a positive attitude on the biodiversity conservation issue.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제84권3호
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• pp.377-393
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• 1995

우리나라 산림생태계(山林生態系)는 국토의 65%를 치지하고 있기 때문에 육상생물다양성(陸上生物多樣性)의 가장 큰 저장원이다. 또한 생물다양성은 산림보전 뿐 아니라 임업생산기술개발의 기반이 된다. 그러나 생물다양성 보전전략을 수립할 때에는 종(種) 차원(次元)에만 국한되지 않고 생태계 전체를 볼 수 있는 안목이 필요하다. 따라서 이 총설(總說)에서는 생물다양성 보전전략을 수립하기 위한 바탕을 만들 목적으로 먼저 지구환경 문제의 구조를 살펴보고, 지구상의 생물다양성 전개과정을 알아본 후 생물다양성 감소현황과 원인을 짚어보기로 한다. 그 다음에 생물다양성 보전전략 수립의 기초, 생물다양성 보전체계, 단계별 추진계획을 게시하고 마지막으로 향후 지속적으로 전략을 수정발전(修正發展)시키기 위해서 시급히 요구되는 연구과제를 단계적으로 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2010

The Ministry of Environment of South Korea has launched its plan to establish the National Ecological Institute. An International Symposium and Workshop was held at Ewha Womans University in Seoul on Thursday, 30 September 2010, to strengthen international cooperation, networking and partnerships for the conservation of biodiversity. This symposium was attended by experts of many major institutions for biodiversity conservation from South Korea and overseas. At the symposium and workshop preceded by a keynote speech by the renowned primatologist and conservation biologist Jane Goodall the participants discussed a wide range of topics including "biodiversity conservation: in situ and ex situ approaches", "conservation of species diversity and ecosystem management", and "international cooperation for biodiversity conservation and research". As a basis for future discussions, this article summarizes how the National Ecological Institute might contribute most effectively to public life and environmental management in South Korea and worldwide. It addresses the following issues: governance and funding, synergies within Korea, participation in international networks, external advice, a broad view of ecological issues, research agenda, building on identity, public outreach, and training the next generation of scientists.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제108권1호
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• pp.77-87
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• 2019

국가 생물다양성 전략에 따른 보호지역의 확대는 생물다양성 보전에 기여하는 반면에 지역주민들에게 다양한 경제적 피해를 발생시킨다. 이에 보호지역 지정으로 인한 지역주민의 피해를 보상할 수 있는 지속가능한 방안으로서 생태계서비스지불제의 필요성이 제기되었다. 이 연구에서는 보호지역의 확대를 통한 생물다양성 보전으로부터 국민들이 얻는 편익을 추정하여 생태계서비스지불제의 시행가능성을 검토하기 위해 지리산 방문객을 대상으로 CVM을 이용하여 지리산의 생물다양성 보전에 대한 지불의사액을 추정하였다. 방문객들은 생태경관보전지역을 확대하여 지리산의 생물다양성을 증진시키는 데 연간 가구당 16,103원의 지불의사가 있는 것으로 나타났고, 이를 전체 가구로 확대한 지리산 생물다양성의 총 보전가치는 연간 3,168억 원으로 추정되었다. 방문객들은 연령, 교육수준, 가구소득이 높을수록, 지리산이 생태경관보전지역으로 지정되어 있다는 사실을 사전에 인지한 경우, 생물다양성 보전 정책이 중요하다고 생각할수록 생물다양성 보전에 대한 지불의사가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 생태계서비스지불제의 시행가능성을 높이기 위해서는 생물다양성 교육과 정책 홍보를 통해 국민들의 생물다양성에 대한 지식과 인식을 높이는 것이 필요하다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2012

Recent conditions in North Sulawesi Province (NSP) have become favorable for the development of tourism. In this paper, we present the recent status of biodiversity and tourism in NSP as a basic consideration towards integrative biodiversity conservation strategy. Overall, biological accounts suggest that NSP is important for the world biodiversity conservation program. NSP's biodiversity makes the area a major nature-based tourism (ecotourism) site in the world. Development of diverse tourism programs in NSP has provided new opportunities for balancing development and conservation of regional ecosystems. However, the excessive tourism growth in some particular areas in NSP has been identified as the primary factor of environmental degradation. Nowadays, biodiversity of North Sulawesi regions are suffering from the number of tourist impacts and facilities. Based on those conditions, tourism planning and development in NSP is needed to formulate a proper strategy to protect the ecosystem and biodiversity from degradation and extinction. This will be a new challenge of sustainable island tourism development and biodiversity conservation in NSP.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture International Edition
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• 제1호
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• pp.26-27
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• 2001

The materials that are involved in urban landscaping include plants and the associated animals, soil, water, and other environmental elements. And biodiversity is the substantial base for human beings. The conservation of biodiversity is of great importance in the sustainable development of the society and should not be neglected in the development of sustainable urban landscape. The conservation of biodiversity should be included in the urban landscape planning. The conservation of biodiversity should be emphasized in the construction of urban green space. Every possible opportunity should be used to conserve the species diversity, genetic diversity and ecological diversity. The assessment of biodiversity conservation should be introduced into modern landscape planning.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2010

Biodiversity, referring to the variety and abundance of species, their genetic composition, and the communities, ecosystem, and landscapes, is essential to maintain healthy and productive forests, and to provide useful hedge against the future uncertainties in conditions of the environment and natural resources. To realize the long-term sustainability for forest production of goods and services is dependent upon maintaining and enhancing the biodiversity in the forest ecosystem. Because we can not always recognized which portion of biodiversity is essential to maintain the stability and sustainability of the natural system, conserving biodiversity is even unconditionally important. Even though the activities of forest resource management may have a variety of negative impacts on biodiversity by modification of the natural ecosystem into economically effective artificial ecosystem, forest professionals have been developing intelligent scheme to coexist management and conservation. However, conservation of biodiversity must be a complex problem encircled by ecological, economical, and social considerations. There seems to be no such a simple and easy solution. Strategies for ecologically deliberated forest resource management, which could play an important role to conserve biodiversity, were discussed.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.300-306
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• 2008

Nepal is rich country in terms of its vast array of biological diversity. The relationship between local communities and the biological diversity in Nepal is a very entangle one, whereby two-thirds of our population are heavily dependent upon the biodiversity for their survival. The destruction of biodiversity signifies the destruction of people's livelihoods and survival. Biodiversity and genetic resources conservation has been a most significant part of the Nepalese society due to its socio-economic and cultural importance and provides the human race trees for timber, fuel, food, industrial raw materials, pharmaceuticals, beverages and environmental stabilization. Threats to biodiversity at global level is of greater concern, specially, human activities are the greatest factor currently affecting biodiversity, through the use of natural resources by industry, agriculture, hunting, and energy generation.

• 생태와환경
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.408-426
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• 2020

This study aims to establish the national strategy for biodiversity conservation by analyzing the current status of ecodiversity as the foundation of biodiversity conservation. Furthermore, this study has another purpose of preparing the measures for conservation and restoration of biodiversity. Ecodiversity was discussed as the basis for conserving biodiversity. Five climate zones and 14 climatic regions, eight plant geographic regions, three massifs and major geologic series, horizontal and vertical topographic conditions, 16 ecoregions, major ecosystems including forest, river and streams, wetlands, coast and marine, agriculture, and urban esosystems, and land use types were discussed as the element of the ecodiversity. In terms of biodiversity conservation, the actual conditions of each ecological unit were reviewed and measures were proposed to reduce biodiversity loss. Destruction and fragmentation of habitat, poor ecosystem management due to socioeconomic changes, the effects of exotic species and chemicals, and climate change were discussed as the major factors causing biodiversity loss. Systematic monitoring based on scientific principles and ecological restoration based on those monitoring results were recommended as measures for biodiversity conservation.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.573-581
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• 2010

Natural ecosystem is an essential part to connect with the plan for biodiversity conservation in response strategy against climate change. For connecting biodiversity conservation with climate change strategy, Europe, America, Japan, and China are making an effort to discuss protection necessity through national biodiversity valuation but precedent studies lack in Korea. In this study, we made biodiversity maps representing biodiversity distribution range using species richness in National Forest Inventory (NFI) and Forest Description data. Using regression tree algorithm, we divided various classes by decision rule and constructed biodiversity maps, which has accuracy level of over 70%. Therefore, the biodiversity maps produced in this study can be used as base information for decision makers and plan for conservation of biodiversity & continuous management. Furthermore, this study can suggest a strategy for increasing efficiency of forest information in national level.