• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.149-162
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• 2012

Habitat loss and fragmentation are ongoing major anthropogenic impacts on landscapes, which can strongly affect ecosystems, populations and species. The studies on forest fragmentation have been progressed, but the studies on definition of forest fragmentation and their synthetic trend in South Korea still leaves much to be desired. Therefore we set the definition of forest fragmentation and reviewed the related papers. We can give a definition that forest fragmentation is not only a process of spatial landscape transformation, but also a process of ecosystem change by it. The trend of studies on forest fragmentation divided into two fields, landscape and ecosystem changes. Forest fragmentation caused by land change altered the composition and configuration of forest patches. Most studies related on that analyzed the change using landscape index. The effects of forest fragmentation on ecosystem subdivided into three fields : biodiversity, edge effects, and invasive species, but the studies in South Korea is short. The study on relations between forest fragmentation and ecosystem change is necessary to face the Convention on Biological Diversity in South Korea. In addition, the fundamental studies on biodiversity is important to mitigate against forest fragmentation.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.281-294
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• 2017

Tropical forests constitute almost half of the global forest cover, account for 35% of the global net primary productivity and thereby have potential to contribute substantially to sequester atmospheric $CO_2$ and offset climate change impact. However, deforestation and degradation lead by unsustainable management of tropical forests contribute to the unprecedented species losses and limit ecosystem services including carbon sequestration. Sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics may tackle and rectify such deleterious impacts of anthropogenic disturbances and climatic changes. However, the existing dilemma on the definition of SFM and lack of understanding of how tropical forest sustainability can be achieved lead to increasing debate on whether climate change mitigation initiatives would be successful. We reviewed the available literature with a view to clarify the concept of sustainability and provide with a framework towards the sustainability of tropical forests for enhanced carbon stock and climate change mitigation. We argue that along with securing forest tenure and thereby reducing deforestation, application of reduced impact logging (RIL) and appropriate silvicultural system can enhance tropical forest carbon stock and help mitigate climate change.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.240-250
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• 1998

This study is to have attempted to analyze the characteristics of the change in forest landscape pattern of Seoul for 18 years by grasping it through satellite image data on the forest area in Seoul where a rapid change according urbanization and industrialization is going on. On the basis of Landsat MSS data- satellite image data, this writer analyzed the change in the number and size of patch and the mean edge length of each forest land, and the index of patch shape by each year from a landscape -ecological point of view. The results are as follows; First, in the pattern change of the forest patch of Seoul, the highest patch fragmentation area is the forest of the Yangchon-gu district where is decreasing it forest area by 654ha, 511ha, 495ha, 402ha each year from its total size of 742ha in 1979. Second, the change tendency shows that the average forest size decreased at 552.58ha in 1983, 435.03ha in 1988, 396.23ha in 1992, and 379.96ha in 1996. And analysis showed that even in the number of patches, the forest fragmentation phenomenon was presenting by the increase of development disturbance. Third, the mean edge by year was longest at 23,385m in 1979, but it is decreasing continuously. This shows the regular and artificial uniformity of forest landscape by disturbance-effect increase of the built-up development and shows low portion against edge effect by the time-series change like 1979>1983>198>1992>1996. Finally, in the analysis of a shape index indicated by ratio of size and edge, total averages were 2.56, 2.33, 2.17, 2.14, 2.14 each year, so that it is considered that the disturbance and ecological health status against forest landscape can be grasped according to being examined as 1979>1983>1988>1992, 1996 by the time-series change of the landscape.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제104권2호
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• pp.239-247
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• 2015

국가산림자원조사는 고정표본점의 설치 및 재조사하여 산림자원의 현황 파악 및 변화를 모니터링하는 체계로 개편되었다. 본 연구에서는 충청북도를 대상으로 최근 3년간 재조사된 자료를 활용하여 시간경과에 따른 산림자원 변화 탐지를 위한 평가항목을 도출하고 이에 따른 평가방법을 제시하기 위하여 수행하였다. 조사시점에 따른 고정표본점의 토지이용변화는 온실가스 인벤토리의 중요한 활동자료로 활용이 가능하며, 이를 위해서는 초지를 포함한 6개 토지이용범주의 명확한 정의에 따른 고정표본점의 구분이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 임상 및 대표수종 변화의 경우, 조사차수별 매트릭스 구축에 의해 임상 및 대표수종의 변화 평가가 용이한 것으로 나타났으며, 충청북도의 경우 임목지로 유지된 624개 표본점 중에서 92개소(15%)에서 대표수종이 변화한 것으로 평가되었다. 한편, 5개 임분변수 (임목본수, 흉고단면적, 임분재적, 평균 흉고직경, 그리고 평균수고)에 대한 생장율과 변화량을 추정한 결과 임분밀도와 관련된 임목본수와 흉고단면적은 감소하였으며, 임분재적의 생장율은 약 3.7%로 분석되었다. 임분변수 변화량의 불확실성을 평가한 결과, 임목본수를 제외한 임분변수는 5% 이내로 정확도가 높지만, ha당 임목본수는 상대적으로 변화량이 크기 때문에 불확실성이 54.8%에 달하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제111권4호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2022

우리나라 산림의 임상은 자연적·인위적 요인에 의해 지속적으로 변화하고 있다. 임상(침엽수림, 활엽수림, 혼효림)면적의 비율은 국가 산림자원 특성 파악에 중요하게 활용되는 정보이기 때문에 임상 변화에 대한 정확한 이해와 전망이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국가산림자원조사 시계열 자료를 이용하여 임상 변화 발생 특성을 이해하고 이를 기반으로 미래 임상 변화 예측치를 도출하는 것을 목표로 하였다. 제5차, 제7차 국가산림자원조사 자료의 10년 기간 임상 변화정보와 임상 변화에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 변수(기후, 지형, 임분, 교란 등)를 이용하여 임상 변화 특성을 분석한 결과, 우리나라 산림은 침엽수림이 감소하고 혼효림과 활엽수림이 증가하는 방향으로 변화하고 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 침엽수림에서 혼효림으로, 혼효림에서 활엽수림으로 변화되는 지역은 주로 지형적으로 습윤하고 강수량이 많아서 수분관련 생육환경이 양호하며 주변에 활엽수림이 많은 지역이었다. 또한 기온이 높은 지역, 임분의 임령과 밀도가 낮은 지역, 주변 지역에 비산림이 많은 지역 등 교란 가능성이 높은 지역에서 변화가 많이 발생했다. 이러한 임상의 변화 특성을 반영하여 기계학습 모형(SVM)을 구축하고 기후변화시나리오(RCP 8.5)를 이용하여 미래의 임상 변화를 전망한 결과, 2015년에서 2055년까지 40년 동안 침엽수림은 38.1%에서 28.5%로 감소, 활엽수림은 34.2%에서 38.8%로 증가, 혼효림은 27.7%에서 32.7%로 증가할 것으로 예측되었다. 본 미래 임상분포 변화 정보는 향후 산림관리 전략 수립의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제108권1호
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• pp.10-20
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• 2019

본 연구는 기후변화로 점차 취약해지고 있는 아고산 산림생태계의 변화 및 쇠퇴 실태를 파악하기 위해 전국 아고산 지역 침엽수림의 장기 면적 변화를 파악하는 것을 주요 목적으로 하였다. 1990년대 중반 이후 20년간의 침엽수림 면적 변화 탐지를 위해 시계열 Landsat 위성영상을 분석하였고, 침엽수림 면적과 기후정보의 장기적 변화를 함께 비교하였다. 그 결과, 전체 분석대상지에서 침엽수림의 면적은 20년 동안 약 25 % 감소한 것으로 나타났다. 면적과 변화율의 측면에서 큰 변화가 있었던 지역은 설악산, 백운산-함백산-장산, 지리산, 한라산 등이었다. 이 중 감소면적이 가장 큰 지역은 백운산 지역이었으며(감소면적 542 ha), 침엽수림이 대면적으로 집단화되어 있으면서 감소율이 가장 큰 지역은 한라산이었다(감소율 33.3 %). 제주 지역은 타 지역보다 온도상승이 가장 가파르게 진행되고 있어 한라산이 기후변화 압력에 의한 산림생태계 취약성이 가장 높을 것으로 추정된다. 본 연구결과는 장기적인 관점에서 전체적으로 아고산대 산림지역의 임상이 침엽수림이 감소하는 방향으로 변화하고 있으나 그 추세는 각 지역별로 정도의 차이가 있다는 것을 보여주었다. 본 연구의 전국적이고 장기적인 아고산 지역 침엽수림 변화 정보는 향후 지역별로 수행될 상세한 멸종위기 아고산 침엽수 정밀실태조사 수행을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다.

• 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.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2016

To achieve large-scale carbon removals, a carbon offset project based on forest management was designed and its carbon stock change was estimated in this study. The project was designed for 874 hectares of forests in the Jin-An Leading Forest Management Zone. For estimating the carbon stock change of the project, the Korean Forest Carbon Standard and VCS (Verified Carbon Standard) methodologies were applied. Three types of management options were considered in the project : extension of rotation age, conversion to productive forests, and conversion to selective harvesting. The estimated carbon removals from the project designed in this study were $259,936tCO_2$ ($8,664tCO_2$ annually), which is 98% of estimated carbon removals from the entire 69 projects currently registered to the Forest Carbon Offset Registry in Korea. The results of this study showed that a large-scale carbon offset project based on forest management could have a huge potential to produce carbon offset credits.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2010

Korea's researchers have recently studied the prediction of forest change, but they have not considered landuse/cover change compared to distribution of forest vegetation. The purpose of our study is to predict forest vegetation based on landuse/cover change on the Korean Peninsula in the 2090's. The methods of this study were Multi-layer perceptrom neural network for Landuse/cover (water, urban, barren, wetland, grass, forest, agriculture) change and Multinomial Logit Model for distribution prediction for forest vegetation (Pinus densiflora, Quercus Spp., Alpine Plants, Evergreen Broad-Leaved Plants). The classification accuracy of landuse/cover change on the Korean Peninsula was 71.3%. Urban areas expanded with large cities as the central, but forest and agriculture area contracted by 6%. The distribution model of forest vegetation has 63.6% prediction accuracy. Pinus densiflora and evergreen broad-leaved plants increased but Quercus Spp. and alpine plants decreased from the model. Finally, the results of forest vegetation based on landuse/cover change increased Pinus densiflora to 38.9% and evergreen broad-leaved plants to 70% when it is compared to the current climate. But Quercus Spp. decreased 10.2% and alpine plants disappeared almost completely for most of the Korean Peninsula. These results were difficult to make a distinction between the increase of Pinus densiflora and the decrease of Quercus Spp. because of they both inhabit a similar environment on the Korean Peninsula.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.167-179
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• 2023

The extent of change in the Land use/Land cover (LULC) of Okomu National Park (ONP) and fringe communities was evaluated. High resolution Landsat imagery was used to identify the major vegetation cover/land use systems and changes around the national park and fringe communities while field visits/ground truthing, involving the collection of coordinates of the locations was carried out to ascertain the various land cover/land use types identified on the images, and the extent of change over three-time series (2000, 2010 and 2020). The change detection was analyzed using area calculation, change detection by nature and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The result of the classification and analysis of the LULC Change of ONP and fringe communities revealed an alarming rate of encroachment into the protected area. All the classification features analyzed had notable changes from 2000-2020. The forest, which was the dominant LULC feature in 2000, covering about 66.19% of the area reduced drastically to 36.12% in 2020. Agricultural land increased from 6.14% in 2000 to 34.06% in 2020 while vegetation (degraded land) increased from 27.18% in 2000 to 38.89% in 2020. The magnitude of the change in ONP and surroundings showed the forest lost -247.136 km² (50.01%) to other land cover classes with annual rate change of 10%, implying that 10% of forest land was lost annually in the area for 20 years. The NDVI classification values of 2020 indicate that the increase in medium (399.62 km² ) and secondary high (210.17 km² ) vegetation classes which drastically reduced the size of the high (38.07 km² ) vegetation class. Consequent disappearance of the high forests of Okomu is inevitable if this trend of exploitation is not checked. It is pertinent to explore other forest management strategies involving community participation.