• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2024

Background: In Korea, riparian zones and some floodplains have been converted into agricultural fields and urban areas. However, there are essential for maintaining biodiversity, as they are important ecological spaces. There are also very important spaces for humanity, as they perform various ecosystem services in a changing environment including climate change. Due to the importance of rivers, river restoration projects have been promoted for a long time, but their achievement has been insignificant. Development should be pursued by thoroughly evaluating the success of the restoration project. Ecological restoration is to accelerate succession, a process that a disturbed ecosystem recovers itself, with human assistance. Ecological restoration can be a test bed for testing ecological theories in the field. In this respect, ecological restoration should go beyond a 'simple landscaping exercise' and apply ecological models and theories in restoration practice. Results: The cross-section of the restored stream is far from natural rivers due to its steep slope and artificial material. The vegetation profiles of the restored streams did not reflect the flooding regime of the river. The species composition of the vegetation in the restored stream showed a significant difference from that of the reference stream, and was also different from that of an unrestored urban stream. Although species richness was high and the proportion of exotic species was low in the restored stream, the effect was offset by the high proportion of gardening and landscaping plants or obligate terrestrial plants. Conclusions: Based on both the morphological and ecological characteristics of the river, the restoration effect in the restored stream was evaluated to be very low. In order to solve the problems, a systematic adaptive management plan is urgently required. Furthermore, it is necessary to institutionalize the evaluation of restoration effects for the development of river restoration projects in the future.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.126-132
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• 1997

난지도는 서울외곽의 한강변에 위치한 면적 272ha인 섬으로, 1978년부터 1993년까지 약 15년간 서울지역에서 발생하는 각종 쓰레기 92,000,000m$^{2}$를 매립한 곳이다. 1996년 10월 현재 난지도의 현존식생면적은 191ha로서 이중 목본식물은 31ha이고 나머지는 초본식물이 우점종인 군락이었다. 목본식물 면적 중 아까시나무와 능수버들은 전체의 83%를 차지하고 있었다. 토양은 서울지역의 일반적인 토양이 산성으로 나타나는 것과는 달리 알카리성이며, 토양과 현존식생분포사이의 상관관계는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 연구 결과 난지도의 현존식생은 난지도 토양 안정화공사 이후의 식생목원지침 마련에는 도움이 되지 않을 것으로 나타났으므로 앞으로의 생태계 복원을 위해서는 다음과 같은 시도가 있어야 할 것이다. 첫째, 다양한 선구수종, 자생수종, 식이식물의 활착실험을 통해 난지도에 적합한 수종 선발. 둘째, 자생수종을 활용한 사면안정 공법의 개발 및 지역 특성에 적합한 식재계획 마련. 셋째, 동물 생태계 조사를 통한 동물생태계 복원계획 수립

• 환경생물
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2021

본 연구는 북한 산림복원을 생태계 서비스의 관점에서 비용-편익 기반 경제적 가치로 확인하였고, 산림복원 형태에 따른 경제성을 비교하였다. 특히 산림복원에 따른 편익을 탄소저장, 수자원공급, 토양유실방지, 재해저감 등 생태계 서비스로 분류하고 경제적 가치로 환산하여 종합적 편익을 산출하였다. 산림복원 시나리오에서는 최근의 북한 조림실적과 산림정책을 고려하여 '단독조림 시나리오'와 '산림협력 시나리오'를 구성하여 동일한 복원기간이나 조림의 양적 물량 차이를 시나리오로 도출하였다. 단독조림 시나리오에서는 향후 20년 동안 3조 8,294억원의 비용으로 80만 ha의 산림을 복원하여 6조 8,684억원의 편익이 발생할 것으로 산출되었다. 순현재가치로 경제성을 평가하였을 때, 3조 390억원으로, BCR은 1 이상이었다. 산림협력 시나리오에서는 10조 531억원의 비용으로 220만 ha의 산림을 복원하여 18조 8,909억원의 편익이 발생할 것으로 산출되었다. 마찬가지로 순현재가치로 경제성을 평가하였을 때, 8조 3,599억원이며, BCR은 1 이상이었다. 두 시나리오에서 모두 BCR은 1 이상으로 경제성을 갖는 것으로 도출되었으나, 예상되는 편익의 양에는 큰 차이가 있었다. 다만, 조림면적에 따른 단순화된 비용-편익 분석이므로, 경제성(BCR)이 유사하게 나타나는 한계가 있으며, 조림속도나 생물리적 차이를 고려하지 않았다. 결론적으로 산림복원은 비용보다 편익이 높은 사업이 될 수 있으며, 산림협력을 통해 그 가치를 증진시킬 수 있다. 장기적으로 이러한 경제성이 근거가 되어 기업과 국제·민간기구 등의 협력을 통해 다양한 형태의 산림협력이 추진되길 기대한다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2023

The Ecosystem Conservation Levy (formerly known as the Ecosystem Conservation Cooperation Fund) system has been in place for 20 years, and it can be said that it has now entered the settlement stage. Based on an analysis of publicly available project implementation data from 2014 to 2020, we found that: 1) As the number of return projects increases, the targets of restoration technologies are also strengthening, and it is necessary to frame a series of processes from application, creation, and monitoring for some detailed projects to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing the levy. 2) Most of the implemented projects are applied as micro-ecosystem creation, but there are many cases where the contents of the project can be seen as other project categories. This shows that the purpose of the return project needs to be approached more clearly and suggests that institutional complementation is needed from the project application stage. 3) The detailed technologies applied tend to be gradually expanding, but most of them are technologies that are not differentiated from general development projects. It is urgent to secure a more technical identity, such as a range and list of utilized technologies suitable for the characteristics and purposes of return projects. 4) It is necessary to establish a relevant evaluation system or framework to utilize the monitoring results of restoration projects. 5) There have been few cases of application of single restoration technologies since the beginning, but the content and scope of the complexity tend to expand in recent years. Even if the objectives are not comprehensive and diverse, it can be seen that many parts of the projects are oriented toward convergence, so it is necessary to conduct separate research on this. 6) As for the direction of improvement of the return project, it is possible to consider expanding the restoration and conservation focus to partially accommodate the complexity of the natural environment and human ecology. It seems that the expansion of restoration technologies that consider the role and function of humans in the natural environment should be explored.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.242-257
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• 2003

본 연구는 생태계보전지역인 둔촌동습지의 모니터링을 통한 생태적 복원 및 보전계획을 수립하기 위해 실시되었다. 모니터링 기준으로는 항목, 방법, 시기, 횟수 등을 설정하였다. 모니터링 기준에 따라 조사한 결과 식물생태분야에서 대상지내 식물종은 총 39과 116종 19변종 1품종으로 총 132종류가 출현하였고 이중 자생종은 85종, 외래종은 47종이었다. 월별(4∼9월) 현존식생 모니터링 결과 습지성 초본식물군락 세력이 증가추세이었고 특히 고마리군락의 세력이 왕성해졌다. 아울러 기존 경작지를 중심으로 천이초기식물과 귀화식물의 출현빈도가 높았다. 동물생태분야에서 야생조류는 34종 378개체, 양서류는 4종 5개체, 곤충류는 11목 52과 153종이 조사되었다. 무기환경분야에서는 지하수위. 수질. 토양특성을 분석하였는데 이중 지하수위는 0.0∼89.0cm이었고 토양에서는 Ca++의 함량이 2.18∼13.73cmol/kg로 나타났다. 모니터링 결과를 바탕으로 한 연구대상지 생태적 복원구상을 습지생태계 복원구상. 용출지 복원구상. 산림생태계 복원구상으로 구분하여 기본방향과 각 공간별 세부계획을 제시하였다. 습지생태계 복원구상에서는 기존 습지지역의 보전과 경작지로 활용되던 습지지역의 복원구상을 수립하였으며, 용출지복원구상에서는 용출지 및 진입부의 복원을 수립하였고 산림생태계 복원구상에서는 건조성 산림 생태계와 습지성산림생태계의 복원 및 주연부지역의 야생조류 서식처 계획을 수립하였다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2003

The urban stream include the channel and its adjacent banks, or hillslopes and it consists of various landscape elements. The riparian ecosystem is important to people. Its water is extracted for irrigation and drinking supplies. Biodiversity and many wetland species are protected here. The riparian ecosystem is diverse and needs to be preserved well. So, it is necessary to measure the features of the urban stream accurately to figure out the change of the riparian ecosystem. However, the traditional Electronic Distance Measurement(EDM) surveying is difficult to measure the curvilinear features of the stream - e, g, angle, curve. The beacon Differential Global Positioning System(DGPS) can handle to measure the curvilinear shape. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to measure the change of the river bed in urban stream accurately using realtime beacon DGPS, and ultimately to provide the basic data for identifying the change of the river ecosystem.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2013

Some researcher started studies of natural capital from 1980's. But many researches are going along with the theme lately. Most assessment of ecosystem services are approaching a general assessment using a land-cover map. Therefore they have some problems such as overestimate, underestimate, and double counting, and so on. This study suggested a detailed typology for quantitative assessment about ecosystem services. It compared land-cover map and forest type map to select a based map and made criteria with reference to the literature and field survey. It subdivided a forest typology using ecological feature (natural forest, artifical forest), forest type (coniferous forest, mixed forest, hardwood forest) and age of stand in forest type map. Each forest type is widely distributed 21~40 ages of forests and biggest area is 21~40 ages of mixed forest in all forest typology. Further researches have to progress consistently assessment using detailed typology and function of forest ecosystem services.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2021

In this study, a deep-learning image analysis model was established and validated for AI-based monitoring of the tidal flat ecosystem for marine protected creatures Ocypode stimpsoni and their habitat. The data in the study was constructed using an unmanned aerial vehicle, and the U-net model was applied for the deep learning model. The accuracy of deep learning model learning results was about 0.76 and about 0.8 each for the Ocypode stimpsoni and their burrow whose accuracy was higher. Analyzing the distribution of crabs and burrows by putting orthomosaic images of the entire study area to the learned deep learning model, it was confirmed that 1,943 Ocypode stimpsoni and 2,807 burrow were distributed in the study area. Through this study, the possibility of using the deep learning image analysis technology for monitoring the tidal ecosystem was confirmed. And it is expected that it can be used in the tidal ecosystem monitoring field by expanding the monitoring sites and target species in the future.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2016

In the recent years, the incidence of abandoned concrete roads have been increasing rapidly due to road improvements and facilities route construction, these abandoned expressway and unused roads are scattered throughout the country but the management system is not clear, they does not be an effectively managed because there is no maintenance cost. In response to these social concern and expectation, the Korea Expressway Corporation that is management authority of the expressway is developing policy initiatives and various projects to restore the closed road to ecological for eco-friendly projects of the existing expressway. And as part of these projects, Hwanggan IC unmanaged abandoned concrete roads restoration project was done and it was conducting monitoring for ecological restoration that is not one-off but sustainable. After test construction over seven years at the time, test construction of four ways enforced but the boundaries have become blurred over time. And Pinus koraiensis, Callicarpa dichotoma and Sorbaria stellipilla var. typica planted in the site are dominating, else Amorpha fruticosa and Indigofera pseudotinctoria sowed are dominating. Invasive species is that Robinia pseudoacacia was growing in the colony. Over monitoring result time, the vegetation was taking root and the ecosystem was being restore. But the disturbance of vegetation happens due to planting of tree species that doesn't fit in the restoration area and advent of ecosystem Disturbing Species. The study will be providing a basic data that identify change of plant environment by monitoring of the site and soil environment during June to November 2016 and secure an objective evaluation data by analyzing the effects of ecological restoration for revegetation test bed evaluation for ecological restoration of expressway in ecological restoration construction in later.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2019

This study suggested that various stakeholder can be participated in regional Environment planning and practical use of policy with rapid assessment of Ecosystem Services(ES). We applied to the rapid assessment of ES method to Ansan city and local registers selected Ecosystem assets that considered to space of ES. Ecosystem assets were measured 5 types Likert scale about 37 indicators of ES and confirm the main ES through the basic statistics. Furthermore Ecosystem assets classified according to similar character of ES. Ecosystem assets of Ansan were selected 47 site and Local climate regulation, Research and education, Primary production was high among the ES indicators. As a result two main group deduced that ecological education group(such as Research and education, Habitat) and safety regulation group(such as Air regulation, Fire regulation) through the factor analysis. In terms of location characteristics of each group, the ecological education-centered ecosystem assets were located near the downtown area, while the safety regulation group was located at the outskirts, such as mountains and coasts. This indicates that the ecological education about the habitat provision can be achieved in Ansan city downtown area and that outskirts should be approached from the aspect of ecological function to establish a plan. The result of Rapid assessment of ES, which can be lead a balanced and developmental consultation when establishing polices for environment planning and management in region.