• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.11-22
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• 1998

In Korea, the Demilitarized Zone(Hereafter DMZ) and the vicinity have special importance for a natural ecosystem research. However, We have difficulty in studying this region due to the access control. The purpose of this study is to analyze the landcover and the vegetation status of DMZ and the vicinity using remote sensing and GIS techniques. The site was divided into two regions; less than 2km from DMZ and less than 10 km from DMZ. The analyzed results of this study are as follow. First, the result of vegetation analysis is that the region of South and North Korea are similar in the area less than 2km from DMZ. However, the region of South Korea have good vegetation status than the region of South Korea in the area less than 10km from DMZ. Second, the result of landcover analysis is that the ratio of the landcover of South and North Korea decreased forest, agricultural and grass, built-up, barren area by turns in the area less than 2km from DMZ. However, the built-up area of South Korea increased as much as the forest area decreased and the other areas of North Korea increased as much as the forest area decreased in the area less than 10 km from DMZ. There are some differences in landcover between analyzed result and an existing statistical data. The causes are using one season setellite images, and an existing statistical data with landuse types. The analysis using remote sensing and GIS techniques is the most suitable method to understand the landcover and vegetation status of DMZ and the vicinity. Further studies are expected to overcome the limitation of this study.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.95-104
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• 2006

The DMZ is a 248km long thin green line which has various landscapes of fields, hills and mountains. This study focused on western part of DMZ and vicinity which consist of abandoned rice paddy, wetlands and fields. The main purpose of this study is to detect the vegetation vitality from the western part of MDL to DMZ vicinity and identify and quantify ecological buffer(ecotone) width adopting logistic function derived from 'Vegetation Index-distance curve' using an Landsat ETM+ image acquired on June of 2002. Green leaf vegetation was quantified to identify the ecotone buffer in western DMZ and vicinity(civilian control area: CCA) using Transformed Vegetation Index(TVI) which is one of common measurement among various indices. Vegetation measurement from Military Demarcation Line(MDL) to vicinity area was investigated at 500m intervals to 10kms of southern and northern part of western DMZ and vicinity. The Logistic function models the sigmoid curve of growth with three stages of growth of initial competition and maturity. In the TVI-distance logistic curve, the maturity is high vegetation vitality, the competition is vitality changing, and the initial is low vitality. In the TVI-distance curve, maturity area of high TVI value is core area for ecological conservation, and the competition area between inflection points can be an ecotone(ecological buffer). In case of southern part, maximum TVI value is 221.92 and minimum is 207.16, and maximum TVI of northen part is 215.32 and minimum is 188.35. That means forest devastation of north Korean part of DMZ and vicinity is severer than that of south Korea. The width of core area for ecological conservation is 2,311m, and ecotone in the southern part is 5,339m, so minimum width from MDL for ecological conservation can be computed as 7,651m. In case of Northern part, the width of core area is 1,841m, and ecotone buffer is 5,014m, so ecological conservation width can be estimated as 6,855m. In case of northen part, width of estimated core area is less than that of DMZ width, which means ecological disturbance is very severe in northern part of western DMZ.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.158-167
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• 2006

The object of this study is to detect of land-cover change in western DMZ and vicinity. This was performed as a basic study to construct a decision support system for the conservation or a sustainable development of the DMZ and Vicinity near future. DMZ is an is 4km wide and 250km long and it's one of the most highly fortified boundaries in the world and also a unique thin green line. Environmentalists want to declare the DMZ as a natural reserve and a biodiversity zone, but nowadays through the strengthening of the inter-Korean economic cooperation, some developers are trying to construct a new-town or an industrial complex inside of the DMZ. This study investigates the current environmental conditions, especially deforestation of the western DMZ adopting remote sensing and GIS techniques. The Land-covers were identified through the linear spectvral mixture analysis(LSMA) which was used to handle the spectral mixture problem of low spatial resolution imagery of Landsat TM and ETM+ imagery. To analyze quantitative and spatial change of vegetation-cover in western DMZ, GIS overlay method was used. In LSMA, to develop high-quality fraction images, three endmembers of green vegetation(GV), soil, water were driven from pure features in the imagery. Through 15 years, from 1987 to 2002, forest of western DMZ and vicinity was devastated and changed to urban, farmland or barren land. Northern part of western DMZ and vicinity was more deforested than that of southern part. ($52.37km^2$ of North Korean forest and $39.04km^2$ of South Korean were change to other land-covers.) In case of North Korean part, forest changed to barren land and farmland and in South Korean part, forest changed to farmland and urban area. Especially, In North Korean part of DMZ and vicinity, $56.15km^2$ of farmland changed to barren land through 15 years, which showed the failure of the 'Darakbat' (terrace filed) project which is one of food increase projects in North Korea.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.303-340
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• 2010

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Korea has been crucial not only for its buffering role between two Koreas, but also for the conservation of various resources across its premises. The objectives of this study is threefold. The first objective is to identify major resources that determine economic values of the DMZ and its vicinity. The second and third objectives are respectively to estimate conservation values of those resources using Choice Modeling and to test whether or not respondents living in different geographical locations have significantly different willingness to pay for the conservation. In a very conservative estimation, results showed that Korean adults have about 55,000 Won on average for conserving five major resources : the DMZ area, endangered species, cultural heritage items and sites, the Truce Village, and villages in the Civilian Conroal Zone. This equals the aggregate economic value of about 2,07 trillion Won. Moreover, significant regional differences were found in public benefits from conserving these major resources.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.94 no.2 s.159
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• pp.117-120
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• 2005

This study was conducted to estimate population size and investigate habitat characteristics for the conservation and management of Amur goral Nemorhaedus caudatus raddeanus in DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) of Gangwon Province in South Korea from November 2003 to May 2004. The Amur gorals counting were carried out by assistance of military soldiers who guards the southern boundary of DMZ. Four hundred sixty individuals were estimated as total population size in DMZ of Gangwon Province. Deciduous forest, rocky area and coniferous forest were dominant land cover types in habitat of Amur goral. DMZ and its vicinity of Gangwon Province are very important areas for the conservation of this species. It is needed to establish management plan for the conservation of Amur goral and their habitats in DMZ.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.04a
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• pp.72-72
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• 2019

간무봉(555.8m)은 강원도 인제군 남면에 위치하고 있다. 북한강의 지류인 소양강으로 대부분 둘러싸여 있으며 북서쪽에 봉화산(874.4m), 북동쪽에 기룡산(940.4m)과 이어진다. 현재까지 간무봉을 대상으로 한 식물상 조사 이력은 없었으나, DMZ 일원에 위치하는 산이기 때문에 DMZ의 식물상 연구를 위한 기초 자료로 보전하고 탐색하는 의미가 있다. 현지조사는 2018년 4월부터 10월까지 총 6회 수행하였다. 간무봉에는 굴참나무, 신갈나무, 소나무가 우점하고 있는 형태였으며, 조사 결과 관속식물은 73과 175속 211종 3아종 27변종 4품종으로 총 245분류군이 조사되었다. 그 중 양치식물은 고비, 고사리삼, 십자고사리, 퍼진고사리 4분류군이고, 나자식물은 소나무, 일본잎갈나무 2분류군, 피자식물은 노랑제비꽃, 은방울꽃, 꽃향유 등 205분류군이었다. 이는 우리나라 관속식물 4,494분류군(국립수목원, 2016)의 5.45%에 해당한다. 간무봉에서 확인한 특산식물은 진범, 할미밀망, 갈퀴아재비, 병꽃나무 등 6 분류군이며, 희귀식물은 미치광이풀(LC), 말나리(LC) 2 분류군 이외에 VU 이상에 해당하는 희귀식물은 발견하지 못하였다. 그리고 침입외래식물(국립수목원, 2016)의 경우 미국자리공, 수박풀, 미국쑥부쟁이, 단풍잎돼지풀 등 17 분류군이었다. 간무봉 주변에는 경작지, 군부대 훈련장소 등이 있으며, 서쪽 사면은 이미 벌목이 많이 된 상태이며, 북동쪽도 마을과 더불어 경작지로 개간되어 있다. 따라서 주변의 외부에서 가해지는 인위적인 간섭이 많은 상태라고 볼 수 있으며, 이미 유입된 단풍잎돼지풀 등 생태계교란종에 의한 변화에도 유의할 필요가 있다.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2019.04a
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• pp.76-76
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 강원도 고성군 죽왕면 구성리에 위치한 명우산(335.5m)과 오봉리에 위치한 오음산(281.7m) 일대를 중심으로 식물상을 조사하였다. 명우산의 관속식물은 72과 203속 236종 4아종 23변종 3품종으로 총 239분류군이 조사되었고, 오음산의 관속식물은 71과 185속 236종 2아종 31변종 3품종으로 총 257분류군이 조사되었다. 주요 식물로 명우산의 경우 특산식물은 노랑갈퀴(Vicia chosenensis), 백운산원추리(Hemerocallis hakuunensis) 등 4분류군이 조사되었고, 이는 명우산에서 조사된 식물의 1.67%로 특산식물 360분류군(정규영 등, 2017)의 1.1%에 해당된다. 오음산의 경우 특산식물은 노랑갈퀴(Vicia chosenensis), 새며느리밥풀(Melampyrum setaceum var. nakaianum) 2분류군이 조사되었고, 이는 오음산에서 조사된 식물의 0.78%, 특산식물 360분류군(정규영 등, 2017)의 0.56%에 해당된다. 희귀식물로는 명우산은 확인되지 않았고, 오음산은 위기종(EN)인 참작약(Paeonia lactiflora var. trichocarpa) 1분류군이 확인되었다. 침입외래식물로는 명우산의 경우 단풍잎돼지풀(Ambrosia trifida), 미국쑥부쟁이(Aster pilosus) 등 총 10분류군이 확인되었고, 오음산의 경우 미국실새삼(Cuscuta pentagona), 돼지풀(Ambrosia artemisiifolia) 등 총 12분류군이 확인되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2020

In this study, we 1) identified the damaged areas along the south limit line (SLL) of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) by the military's 'DMZ barren land campaign', and 2) categorized the identified damaged areas into a few ecological types. Using high-resolution satellite images, we delineated the total damaged areas to be 1,183.2 ha, which accounted for 50.1% of the 100-m northern buffer regions from the SLL. Of the total damaged areas, 16% were severely damaged, i.e., they had been damaged until recently and so remained barren without vegetation cover. In other areas, the levels of damage were either moderate (59.9%) or slight (24.1%), due to natural succession that turned those areas to grassland or forest. Using satellite image-derived land cover maps and climatic and topographic data, we categorized the damaged areas into seven types: lowland grassland (19.8%), western lowland forest (21.4%), low-altitude forest (25.5%), mid-altitude forest (18.4%), high-altitude forest (6.8%), vicinity in east coast (7.9%), and waterbody (0.2%). These types can be used to identify proper measures to restore ecosystems in the DMZ for now and after Korean reunification.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.176-177
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• 2007

We determined how presence of heterospecific individuals in the vicinity of a focal individual affects the behavior of two critically endangered species of cranes on their wintering grounds at Cheolwon in the Korean Demilitarized Zone(DMZ). The Red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis, is larger than the White-naped crane, Grus vipio, and it dominates the White-naped crane in aggressive interactions. We showed that the dominant species increases foraging activity in the presence of the subordinate species presumably because of scrounging of the food from the subordinate. Because interspecific interactions may affect avian endangerments this behavioral findings should be taken into account when managing winter refuges for the two engendered crane species.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.101-109
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• 2016

This is the fundamental research on restoring damaged vegetation areas in the vicinity of DMZ using local native plant species. This research is aimed at identifying effective plant growth regulators (PGR) for seed germination and seedling growth of mountain mulberry, and developing effective methods for managing its germination and growth. Mountain mulberry seeds were collected from the regions in the DMZ vicinity, and tests with seven treatments using four PGRs including $GA_3$, kinetin, ABA and NAA, were conducted. The germination rate was calculated in two different ways of both in a growth chamber and in a greenhouse after seven days observation, and the growth characters such as leaf width/length, seedling width/length and fresh/dry weight, have been surveyed in a greenhouse for three months. Although in the growth chamber the highest germination rate was shown at a group with the kinetin treatment, it was not significantly different to that of the control group. Groups with ABA or NAA presented relatively low germination rates. As for the greenhouse test, the germination rates of all groups ranged 20~30% without significant difference each other, the reason of which might be due to low absorption by the effect of a soil drench method used in this study. The entire growth characters with the treatments of $2.15mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ of kinetin and $10mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ of $GA_3$ were significantly different to the control. NAA treatment only showed better growth of seedling width compared to the control. Consequently, the most effective PGRs for the germination and growth of mountain mulberry near the DMZ was kinetin. Further research on examining the most effective concentration of them was needed.