• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.845-859
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• 2022

The natural environment of the modern society does not simply reflect damage, but is a complex and grave reality that threatens the Earth. To solve this problem, various aspects related to the natural environment have been explored around the world, and a number of studies are ongoing to balance the development and preservation of the natural environment in Korea. However, no clear category exists for the natural environment and the related terms are ambiguous, rendering the overall evaluation system is in efficient. Therefore, the present study attempted to set the scope of application of a comprehensive evaluation system based on terms similar to the natural environment, concepts of the natural environment viewed from a value-based perspective and a capacitive perspective. In addition, by examining the concept of ecosystem services, a conceptual model for efficient application of the evaluation system of the natural environment through the association between categories of the natural environment is presented to derive implications for practical operation in the future.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.77-87
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• 2019

The first grade zones in Ecology and Nature Map are important regions for the conservation of the ecosystem, but it would be degraded by various anthropogenic factors. This study analyzes the relationship between potential land cover change and degradation of the first grade zones using land cover transition probability. As a result, it was shown that most of the first grade zones with degraded were converted from forest to urban(5.1%), cropland(27.2%), barren(11.0%) and grass(27.5%) in Gangwon and forest to urban(18.0%), cropland(15.3%), grass(28.4%), barren(12.3%) in Gyeonggi. The result of the logistic regression analysis showed that the probability of degradation of first grade zone was higher in area where was expected the higher probability of urban, cropland, barren, grass transition. The barren transition probability was the most influential and grass was the next highest. There were regional differences in the probability of urban transition and cropland transition, and the urban transition probability was more influential in Gyeonggi-do. This is because development pressure such as housing site development is high in Gyeonggi-do. Due to the limitations of the Act on Mountain Districts Management, even in the first grade zones, the grade may be degraded. Therefore, if Ecology and Nature Map are used to prevent deforestation or conversion of mountainous districts, it may contribute to the preservation of the ecosystem.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.41-61
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• 2011

Marine protected Areas(MPAs) are specially designated zones of the sea that are designed to secure operation of ecosystem function and to restore marine ecosystem to the original state by excluding all detrimental human activities. MPAs have been proposed in many countries as means of realizing sustainable fisheries and recently MPAs are newly receiving attention as precautionary measure for global warming and climate change. The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of MPAs as fisheries management tools through a wide range of literature analysis and to suggest necessity of fisheries purpose of MPAs in Korea. Establishment of marine protected area can accompany various economic benefits such as restoration of marine environment, preservation of habitats, promotion of marine tourism and so on. Especially, a lot of case studies suggested that MPAs may bring out benefits to the fishing industry as a result of enhanced stocks. Fisheries benefits of MPAs on targeted species include increased abundance, increased mean individual size and age, increased reproductive output, enhanced recruitment inside and outside refuge, maintenance of genetic diversity of stocks, and enhanced fishery yields in adjacent fishing grounds, so called spill-over. MPAs for ecosystem conservation and protection of coastal wetland have been applied appropriately and effectively, however, the Korean MPAs system is still detective due to absence of fisheries purpose MPAs. Finally, suggestions for Korean MPAs can be summarized as following four recommendations; to establish number of small-scale MPAs rather than few large MPAs, to designate island and its surrounding areas as reserve, to consider MPA design with stock enhancement program, and to undertake co-management with Eochon-Gye, the traditional coastal community in Korea.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.123-141
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• 2022

세계적으로 자연적 습지는 천연자원 중 하나이며, 다양한 경제적 이점과 건전한 생태계를 구축한다. 본 연구는 인도에서 "Jheelon"로 알려진 람사르 습지 내 야생동물 생태계, 보존현황 등에 대한 현황에 대해 분석하였다. 2022년 현재 인도에는 약 1,09363.6 km²의 면적을 차지하는 49개의 람사르 습지가 있으며, 규모가 가장 큰 Sundarbans 습지와 규모가 작은 Chandertal 습지가 있다. 인도와 선진국에서의 인간활동에 의한 습지의 규모 감축, 기능 상실 등의 피해규모에 관한 연구는 미흡하지만 습지의 유지, 보존, 복원에 대한 중요성은 보고되고 있다. 국가 정책 및 관련 지자체들은 습지를 통한 생태계서비스 구축, 습지 보존, 복원방향, 오염물질 저감 및 배출 규제 등의 법안 마련과 습지에 대한 이해관계를 유지해야 한다.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.1191-1226
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• 2014

FAO의 세계중요농업유산(GIAHS) 및 국가중요농업유산(Agricultural and Rural Heritage)은 탁월한 보편적 가치뿐만 아니라 농촌의 지역경제 활성화와 농촌발전의 대안으로 그 중요성이 인식되고 있다. 본 연구는 이와 같은 농업 농촌유산을 지속가능하게 유지하고 보전할 수 있는 평가지표를 개발하고자 이루어졌다. 이를 위해 문헌분석을 통해 평가요소를 도출하고, 도출된 평가요소들을 체계화하여 평가항목과 평가지표를 구안하였다. 구안된 평가항목과 평자지표의 타당화를 위해 농업 농촌유산 관련 전문가 41명을 대상으로 총 3차의 델파이조사를 실시하였으며, 그 결과 5항목 31지표의 평가지표를 개발하였다. 평가항목의 경우 관리계획, 관리지원체계, 유산의 주변환경, 지역네트워크, 유산활용 중에서 관리지원체계가 가장 중요한 것으로 나타났으며, 평가지표의 경우 보전정비, 수행계획, 주민공동체 구성, 모니터링, 법령조례의 구비, 생태계관리, 경관적 조화성, 복원 및 전승계획, 주민역량강화 등의 순으로 그 중요성이 나타났다. 이는 국가중요농업유산 및 세계농업유산 지정 등 지역의 잠재적 문화가치를 창출하는데 기여할 수 있으며, 또한 다원적 자원을 활용한 지역개발사업 및 마을 소득화사업 추진시 탄력적으로 실무 적용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.698-708
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• 2008

생태자연도 작성에 이용된 전국자연환경조사의 결과를 토대로 고령 지역의 생태 환경을 평가하고자 하였다. 생태자연도가 1등급인 지역은 군 면적의 0.16%에 불과하며, 대부분 식생보존등급이 높은 지역과 관련된 것이다. 1등급 지역의 위치는 태봉재, 소학산, 만대산 및 미숭산 지역 등으로 다른 지역과의 경계에 위치한 산지의 정상부와 능선 일대가 대부분이었다. 고령군 지역에는 큰 규모의 산과 하천이 없고, 법으로 지정된 생태계 보전지역이 거의 없지만 훼손된 지역이 매우 적으며 자연경관 또한 잘 보전되어 있다. 생태계의 훼손을 줄이고 현재의 자연자원을 잘 관리한다면 고령군의 생태환경은 급속도로 좋아질 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.50-57
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• 2002

The restoration techniques of large disturbed land containing native forest resources and soil animals were investigated on the new campus area of Kyushu University in Japan. Important techniques to restore native forest and biodiversity in that area are transplantation of existing large trees, transplantation of the forest soil, transplantation of native tree stools, and the reuse of wood and bamboo chips. The benefits can be obtained by using these methods. Firstly, the native genetic resources that would be discarded as part of the land development can be reused. Secondary, the time taken to become a high growth forest as opposed to the practice of planting saplings or grass seeds can be reduced. At last, the native forest ecosystem containing various under-story vegetations and soil animals can be conserved and regenerated. In addition, big and small ponds were constructed in the biodiversity preservation zone to preserve rare plants, rare animals, and native aquatic animals. And these plants and animals were transplanted and moved to ponds.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.38-49
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• 2004

In recent years there has been a growing recognition that presenting principally environmental issues in environmental textbooks is a form of local, national, regional, and global issues. The environmental textbook in the 7th environmental curriculum is to be composed of contents that could encourage the inquiry of value and change of attitude to take part in environmental preservation on the foundation of the comprehension about ecosystem. Therefore, the present study analyzed the difference of the contents of the environmental issues between the 7th national curriculum and textbooks in the middle school environmental education. The analytical results of this study are as follows: Firstly, there are total 4 sections related to environmental issues in environmental curriculum of middle schools. The content areas that are included ‘Environmental Preservation and Development’, ‘Getting the Hot Earth’, ‘Decreasing Forest and Increasing Desert’, and ‘Pleasant Surrounding and Quality of Life’. Secondly, an environmental textbooks that are used in school education edited for direction that coincide in motive that is ‘real life-centered education’ that is presenting in the 7th environmental curriculum. Specially, introduction to local environmental issues coincides the intent of the curriculum revisions that are ‘environmental education within everyday life’ and ‘contents of local-centered environmental education’. These findings have implications for teaching about environmental issue in school environmental education.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1407-1421
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• 2010

This study was carried out to elucidate the relation between water quality and structure of the aquatic ecosystem in the agriculture reservoir Otae-ji from January to December in 2009. The proportion of forest was 46.98%, which means that non-point sources are major contributor of water pollution in this area. The annual mean COD(Chemical Oxygen Demand) in Otae-ji was $3.6mgL^{-1}$, indicating, level II of environmental standards and the trophic state was mesotrophic. Although total phosporus concentration in the reservoir was high in August due to large inflow of nutrients from outside the reservoir during monsoon season, there was no break out of significant algal bloom in the summer. The seasonal succession of phytoplankton showed that the dinophyta dominated in the the spring, chlorophyta in the summer, chrysophyta and chlorophyta in the autumn and chrysophyta in the winter. In case of zooplankton, rotifers dominated in the most seasons, but cladoceran(Bosmina longirostris) dominated in June and copepod(Nauplii) in August. The macrophyte plants showed diverse species compositon consisted of 3 varieties, 24 species, 23 genera, 15 families and 14 orders. The macroinvertebrates also showed various FFG(Functional Feeding Groups) such as GC(Gathering-Collector), P(Predator), SH(Shedder), FC(Filter-Collector) and PP(Plant-Piercer). Ecosystem stability analysis using aquatic insects was classified as Group I, which has high resilience and resistance indices. A total of 14 species of fish was collected but exotic species such as Lepomis macrochirus and Micropterus salmoides were not found in Otae-ji. In conclusion, the preservation of healthy food wed in the reservoir ecosystem is closely related to water quality management as well as effective prevention of algal bloom by helping good material circulation in aquatic ecosystems.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.341-351
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• 2019

Background: Standing biomass, litter production, rate of litter decomposition, amount of litter on forest floor, and amount of soil organic carbon distribution were investigated from March 2016 to November 2018 in order to evaluate the ecosystem value through organic carbon distribution in the Pinus densiflora forest at Namsan, Seoul Metropolitan City. Results: The amount of organic carbon in the Pinus densiflora forest was 261.09 ton C ha^-1 during the research period, and fixed organic carbon in plant through net photosynthesis was 3.2 ton C ha^-1 year^-1. The organic carbon in plant was 62.77 ton C ha^-1 (24.04%), in litter on the forest floor was 3.65 ton C ha^-1 (1.40%), and in soil was 194.67 ton C ha^-1 (74.56%). The value of plant, litter on forest floor, and soil organic carbon distribution were each 6,277,000 won ha^-1, 365, 000 won ha^-1, and 19,467,000 won ha^-1. The value per ton of fixed organic carbon in plant through net photosynthesis was 320,000 won ha^-1 year^-1 and the value of ecosystem services stored in carbon in the Namsan forest ecosystem was about 26.1 million won ha^-1 for 3 years. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the pine forests of Namsan rapidly decompose leaves due to the high atmospheric temperature and accumulate a large amount of organic carbon in the soil to provide climate control regulatory service function.