• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.201-216
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• 1997

Forest managers are increasingly being challenged to produce goods and services to society while managing for ecosystem sustainability. Forest ecosystem management is an emerging philosophy to achieve these objectives. We synthesized some basic concepts of forest ecosystem, sustainability in forests and forest ecosystem management, and described the importances of long-term ecological studies. Also we presented few relatively simple principles of forest ecosystem management, strategies, and case studies for integrating forest ecosystem management principles into the forest management planning process. It was emphasizd that in forest ecosystem management process, society, land managers, forest managers, and scientists be entered into a partnership to reshape management goals, redefine objectives, and redirect management actions in response to changing socioeconomic information and evolving bioogical, physical, chemical, and environmental conditions. Agreement or disagreement with our synthesis and opinions on forest ecosystem management is out of the primary objective of this paper, which is to stimulate new and creative approaches to forest ecosystem management as an emerging issue in forestry.

• 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.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2020

In the forest ecosystems, litterfall is an important component of the nutrient cycle that regulates the accumulation of soil organic matter (SOM), the input and output of the nutrients, nutrient replenishment, biodiversity conservation, and other ecosystem functions. Therefore, a profound understanding of the major processes (litterfall production and its decomposition rate) in the cycle is vital for sustainable forest management (SFM). Despite these facts, there is still a limited knowledge in tropical forest ecosystems, and further researches are highly needed. This shortfall of research-based knowledge, especially in tropical forest ecosystems, may be a contributing factor to the lack of understanding of the role of plant litter in the forest ecosystem function for sustainable forest management, particularly in the tropical forest landscapes. Therefore, in this paper, I review the role of plant litter in tropical forest ecosystems with the aims of assessing the importance of plant litter in forest ecosystems for the biogeochemical cycle. Then, the major factors that affect the plant litter production and decomposition were identified, which could direct and contribute to future research. The small set of studies reviewed in this paper demonstrated the potential of plant litter to improve the biogeochemical cycle and nutrients in the forest ecosystems. However, further researches are needed particularly on the effect of species, forest structures, seasons, and climate factors on the plant litter production and decomposition in various types of forest ecosystems.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.101-114
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• 2001

This study analyzed and examined literature and legislation in Korean and other countries to examine the concept and sense of mapping of forest functions that would be used as basic information for efficient application and management of forest ecosystems. The mapping of forest functions in Germany has been utilized to field data for efficient work and management of the ecosystem, and evaluation of forest environmental ecology by the mapping of forest functions has been applied directly or indirectly in country management plans, conservation of nature and landscape management plans. Forest protection areas in Korea were analysed for creating a map of forest functions. As the results, forest functions could be sorted into five categories, such as conservation area of forest production, prevention of disasters, landscape and abiological natural resource, valuable biotope and ecosystem and civil recreation. The mapping method was applied to these 5 categories important conservation targets. It is considered that mapping of forest functions in Korea can be used for systematic forest works and efficient ecosystem utilization and management, as well as it use basic data for environmental and ecological comprehension and evaluation on forest and green tract of land on the level of country development and utilization.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.203-213
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• 2014

In Korea, a cooperation charge on conservation of ecosystem is imposed to prevent indiscriminate development. The total amount of this charge is determined by multiplying the size of the destroyed area by a value per unit area and the area index within 5 billion won. Since 2001, the charge per unit area has been determined to be $250won/m^2$. In this study, we estimated the unit value of ecosystem services per year using benefit transfer method, with a focus on forest resources. According to our results, forest resources have a value of about $3,500won/m^2$ per year. When the non-use value is subtracted, that figure becomes approximately $1,300won/m^2$. If this value incorporates the unit value of the cooperation charge on conservation of ecosystem, it will increase. To comply with the original intent of the cooperation charge on conservation of ecosystem, the fund must be used to improve ecosystem services, including the restoration of a destroyed area or the purchase of new land.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제109권2호
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• pp.211-222
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• 2020

본 연구는 산림의 기능구분에서 시간에 따라 변화가 있는지 여부를 알아보고자 하였다. 또한 생태계서비스 개념이 현재 국유림 관리계획에서 고려되는 수준을 파악하고자 하였다. 자료는 98개 국유림의 경영계획구의 현재와 직전 기간의 경영계획서를 활용하였다, 경영계획서상 전, 현차기의 경영계획구별 산림기능별 면적의 구성 비율을 분석대상으로 삼았다. 전차기, 현차기의 2개 그룹의 평균이 정규분포를 따르는지 우선 검정하였다. 그 결과, 정규분포를 따르면 모수적 t-검정, 그렇지 않은 경우 비모수적 Wilcoxon 부호순위 검정을 실시하였다. 정규분포를 따르는 것은 목재생산림 경우가 해당되고, 나머지 5가지 기능: 수원함양림, 산지재해방지림, 자연환경보전림, 산림휴양림, 생활환경보전림은 정규분포하지 않는다. t-검정 또는 Wilcoxon 부호순위 검정을 실시한 결과, 유의미한 기능별 산림면적 비율의 변화를 보인 것은 목재생산림, 자연환경보전림이었다. '생태계서비스' 개념이 활발하게 언급되기 시작한 것은 2018년에 시작된 제6차 산림기본계획에서 부터이다. 지방산림청별 지역산림계획에서는 차이가 있었는데, 동부와 서부지방산림청 소관 지역산림계획에서는 위 개념에 대한 언급이 빈번하게 이루어졌으나 나머지 3개 지방산림청의 계획들에서는 그렇지 않았다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.21-35
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• 2004

A questionnaire survey from 200 visitors and 100 residents was carried out to establish the management plan of the artificial structures constructed in valley within Bughansan National Park. According to the result of the survey respondents realized that the valley ecosystem could be damaged by artificial structures, but not pollutants of stream water. About 60 % of the respondents felt uncomfortable by artificial cement constructures and about 22 % was concerned about negative effect of valley ecosystem by the constructures. The results categorized by management body, management system and management cost indicate that the artificial constructures should be managed in terms of the safety and conservation of valley ecosystem.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2015

Interests in ecosystem services have increased and a number of attempts to perform a quantitative valuation on them have been undertaken. To classify the ecosystem types landcover classification maps are generally used. However, some forest types on landcover classification maps have a number of errors. The purpose of this study is to verify the forest types on the landcover map by using a variety of field survey data and to suggest an improved method for forest type classifications. Forest types are compared by overlaying the landcover classification map with the 4th forest type map, and then they are verified by using National Forest Inventory, 3rd National Ecosystem Survey and field survey data. Misclassifications of forest types are found on the forest on the forest type map and farm and other grassland on the landcover map. Some errors of forest types occur at Daegu, Busan and Ulsan metropolitan cities and Gangwon province. The results of accuracy in comprehensive classification show that deciduous forest is 76.1%; coniferous forest is 54.0%; and mixed forest is 22.2%. In order to increase the classification accuracy of forest types a number of remote sensing images during various time periods should be used and the survey period of NFI and the National Forest Inventory and National Ecosystem Survey should be consistent. Also, examining areas with wide forest patch should be prioritized during the field survey in order to decrease any errors.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2014

산림생태계는 우리에게 다양한 재화와 서비스를 제공하고 있다. 재화와는 다르게, 산림으로부터 생산되는 생태계 서비스는 시장기작을 통해 가격형태로 평가가 이루어지지 못하는 문제를 지니고 있다. 이러한 평가의 불분명성은 산림생태계 서비스 관련 의사결정에 갈등을 초래하고 있다. 산림생태계 서비스에 대한 중요성과 그에 따른 합리적 의사결정의 필요성을 감안할 때, 산림생태계 서비스의 객관적인 평가가 도입되어야 한다. 최근 기후변화에 관심이 증대되면서, 탄소흡수원인 산림의 탄소저장 및 흡수기능에 대한 객관적 계량화의 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 산림의 탄소저장 및 흡수기능을 평가하는 다양한 국내 외 모형의 규모, 출력인자, 입력인자 확보 가능성을 분석하여, 국내 적용 가능성을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 탄소저장 및 흡수면에서는 대부분의 모형이 국내에 적용 가능하였으며, 산림의 다른 조절기능(대기정화, 홍수저감, 침식조절, 수절정화 등)까지 포함할 수 있는 모형은 상대적으로 적은 것으로 평가되었다. 본 연구는 탄소저장 및 흡수원으로서의 산림생태계의 조절서비스를 계량화하는 연구에 도움이 될 것이다.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.149-160
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• 2015

본 연구는 생태계 관리권역 내 남한강 상류지역을 대상으로 제5차 국가산림자원조사의 표본점자료를 기반으로 한 직접추정법과 합성추정법에 의한 층화별(임상 영급) 임목축적을 산출하였으며, 공간단위에 따른 오차검증을 통하여 최적의 추정방법을 비교 분석하였다. 직접추정법은 대상지내의 표본점 자료만을 활용하였으며, 합성추정법은 대상지뿐만 아니라 공간확장지역의 표본점 정보를 활용하여 임목축적을 추정하였고, 공간확장기준은 4가지(권역, 지역, 구역, 거리)를 적용하였다. 직접추정법에 의한 ha당 평균임목축적은 $143.5m^3/ha$이었으며, 합성추정법에 의한 ha당 평균임목축적은 구역, 거리, 지역, 권역기준의 순으로 각각 $146.9m^3/ha$, $144.8m^3/ha$, $139.8m^3/ha$, $138.6m^3/ha$ 추정되었다. 직접추정법에 의한 표준오차는 $1.79m^3/ha$이었으며, 합성추정법에 의한 표준오차는 공간확장기준에 상관없이 $1.83m^3/ha$으로 차이가 없었다. 한편, 임상별 표준오차는 추정방법과 확장지역에 관계없이 활엽수림이 ${\pm}2.3m^3/ha$으로 가장 낮았으며, 혼효림과 침엽수림이 각각 ${\pm}3.3m^3/ha$과 ${\pm}4.8m^3/ha$의 순으로 추정되었다.