• Forest Science and Technology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.192-203
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• 2018

This study analyzed the distribution of forest income and other variable sources of rural household income and considered their importance for the reduction of income inequality and poverty. We employed Gini decomposition to measure the contribution of forest income and other sources of income to income equality and assess whether they were inequality-increasing or inequality-decreasing in the 14 villages. The forest income Gini correlation with total income was very high, $R_k=0.6960$, and the forest income share of total rural household income was 35% ($S_k=0.3570$). If the income earned from forest activities was removed, the Gini index would increase by 10.3%. Thus, if people could not access forest resources because of vast deforestation, perhaps from the limitations of government-managed forestry, unplanned clearing of forest land for agriculture or the granting of ELCs, there would be an increase in income inequality and poverty among rural households. The findings suggest that policy makers should look beyond agriculture for rural development, as forest resources provide meaningful subsistence income and perhaps contribute to both preventing and reducing poverty and inequality in rural communities. The study found that non-farm activities were inequality-increasing sources of income. The share of non-farm income to the total rural household income was $S_k=0.1290$ and the Gini index of non-farm income was very high, $G_k=0.8780$, compared with forest and farm income. This disagrees with other studies which have reported that non-farm income was inequality-decreasing for the rural poor.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제109권1호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2020

이 연구는 소득과 불평등 간의 관계에 대한 다양한 논의가 진행되고 있는 가운데 임가의 소득과 소득불평등 간의 관계를 알아보기 위해 동태적 접근법을 통해 그 관계를 알아보고자 하는데 있다. 이를 위해 단위근 검정과 공적분 검정을 실시한 후 불안정한 시계열 자료를 안정적인 시계열 자료로 변환시킨 후 VAR 모형을 추정하였고 이를 바탕으로 충격반응, 분산분해 분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과, 임가 소득의 영향이 지니계수에 의한 영향에 비해 상대적으로 큰 것으로 나타났으며 임가 소득의 충격이 자체 소득을 증가시키는 방향으로 작용할 뿐만 아니라 지니계수를 감소시키는 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지니계수의 충격은 임가 소득을 감소시키는 방향으로 영향을 미치며 소득불평등을 더욱 심화시키는 것을 보여주고 있다. 따라서 임가 소득불평등을 완화시키기 위해서는 소득분배 정책보다는 소득성장 정책이 보다 효과적일 수 있을 것이라는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제106권4호
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• pp.497-508
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• 2017

이 연구는 임가의 소득불평등과 양극화의 추이를 살펴보기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 이를 위해 소득불평등도는 지니계수와 엣킨슨 지수를 활용하여 분석하였으며 양극화는 DER 지수를 이용하였다. 그리고 이들 지수들은 임가소득과 함께 이것을 구성하는 하부소득인 임업소득, 겸업소득 그리고 이전소득으로 세분화하여 살펴보았다. 분석결과, 임가의 소득불평등도는 우리나라 전체 가구의 소득불평등도보다 상대적으로 높은 수준으로 분석되었다. 그리고 이전소득을 제외한 임가소득, 임업소득, 겸업소득에 있어서 소득 불평등은 심화되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 추세는 양극화에서도 볼 수 있다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.61-74
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• 1969

우리나라의 산림면적(山林面積)은 국토(國土)의 약(約)68%를 차지하고 있으나 그의 생산(生產)은 미미(微微)하여 국민총생산액(國民總生產額)에 대(對)하여 약(約)2%, 제(第)1차산업생산(次產業生產)에서 차지하는 비중(比重) 또한 5%정도(程度)에 불과(不過)하다. 그러나 이는 임업생산중(林業生產中) 직접소득(直接所得)만을 가지고 말한 것이며 임산물(林產物)의 대부분(大部分)은 원재료(原材料)로서 타(他) 관련산업(關聯產業)에 이용(利用)됨으로써 그의 우회적(迂回的) 생산과정(生產過程)을 통(通)해 얻어지는 부가가치(附加價値) 즉(卽) 간접소득(間接所得)이 더욱 중요(重要)하다. 그러나 이때까지 임업생산(林業生產)을 논(論)할때에는 목재생산(木材生產) 즉(卽) 직접생산(直接生產)만 가지고 논급(論及)하였지 이 간접생산(間接生產)에 대(對)하여는 하등(何等) 계산(計算)된 바 없다. 그러므로 한국은행(韓國銀行)에서 조사발표(調査發表)된 1963년도(年度)와 1966년도(年度) 양년분(兩年分)의 산업연관표(產業聯關表)를 가지고 물재구입율법(物財購入率法)을 써서 임업(林業)의 간접소득(間接所得)을 계산(計算)해 보았다. 그결과(結果) 직접소득(直接所得)은 1963년도(年度)가 14,361백만(百萬)원, 1966년도(年度)에는 17,709백만(百萬)원이던 것이, 간접소득(間接所得)은 1963년도(年度)가 42,688백만(百萬)원, 1966년도(年度)는 74,790백만(百萬)원으로서 임업소득합계(林業所得合計)는 1963년도(年度)가 57,049백만(百萬)원 1966년도(年度)는 92,499만(百萬)원이 된다. 따라서 국민총생산액중(國民總生產額中) 임업소득(林業所得)이 차지하는 비율(比率)은 1963년도(年度)가 8.23%, 1966년도(年度)에는 10.12%라는 고율(高率)을 차지하고 있다. 물론(勿論) 여기에는 한수해방지(旱水害防止) 토사유출방지(土砂流出防止)등(等) 국토보전(國土保全)과 풍치(豊致)등(等) 소위(所謂) 산림(山林)의 간접적효용(間接的効用)이 주는 무형적(無形的) 소극(所得)은 계산(計算)에 넣지 않었다. 이와 같이 임업(林業)에서는 그의 생산물(生產物)의 대부분(大部分)이 원재료(原材料)로서 타산업(他產業)에 이용(利用)됨으로써 직접소득(直接所得)보다 간접소득(間接所得)이 차지하는 비중(比重)이 대단(大端)히 높아 관련산업(關聯產業)의 발전(發展) 성장(成長)에 크게 기여(寄與)하고 있다. 그러므로 산업간(產業間)의 중요도판정(重要度判定)에서 임업(林業)은 결(決)코 경시(輕視)되어서는 아니 된다고 본다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제98권5호
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• pp.548-557
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• 2009

For centuries, forests have been a key component of rural livelihood. They are important both socially and economically in Nepal. Firewood and fodder are the basic forest products that are extracted daily or weekly basis in most of the rural areas in Nepal. In this study, a field survey of 100 households was conducted to examine the degree of forest dependency and forest resource availability, households' livelihood strategy and their relationship with forest dependency in Chitwan, Nepal. A household' response indexes were constructed, Gini coefficient, Head Count Poverty Index (HCI) and Poverty Gap Index (PGI) were calculated and one way ANOVA test was also performed for data analysis. Data revealed that 82/81% of all households were constantly used forest for firewood and fodder collection respectively while 42% of households were used forest or forest fringe for grazing. The Forest Product Availability Indexes (FPAI) showed a sharp decline of forest resources from 0.781 to 0.308 for a 20-yr time horizon while timber wood was noticeably lowered than the other products. Yet, about 33% of households were below the poverty threshold line with 0.0945 PGI. Income distribution among the household showed a lower Gini coefficient 0.25 than 0.37 of landholdings size. However, mean income was significantly varies with F-statistics=246.348 at P=0.05 between income groups (rich, medium and poor). The extraction of firewood, fodder and other forest products were significantly different between the income group with F-statistics=16.480, 19.930, 29.956 at P=0.05 respectively. Similarly, landholdings size and education were also significantly different between the income groups with F-statistics=4.333, 5.981 at P=0.05 respectively. These findings suggested that income status of households was the major indicator of forest dependency while poor and medium groups were highly dependent on the forests for firewood, fodder and other products. Forest dependency still remains high and the availability of forest products that can be extracted from the remaining forestlands is decreasing. The high dependency of households on forest coupled with other socioeconomic attributes like education, poverty, small landholders and so on were possibly caused the forest degradation in Chitwan.Therefore, policy must be directed towards the poor livelihood supporting agenda that may enhance the financial conditions of rural households while it could reduce the degree of forest dependency inspired with other income generating activities in due course.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제90권5호
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• pp.643-649
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• 2001

본 연구는 로지트(logit) 모델을 이용하여 협업체 회원과 독림가 임업후계자의 산림투자에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하고 그 효과를 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과 협업체 회원의 경우 산림면적, 임령, 산림소득, 기술지원이 산림투자에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 나타났다. 이중 임령은 예상과는 달리 산림투자에 부(負)(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으나 나머지는 모두 예상대로 정(正)(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 독림가 및 임업후계자의 경우 산림면적, 거리(1)(산림에서 자동차통행이 가능한 도로까지의 거리), 융자제도에 대한 인지, 그리고 산림소득이 산림투자에 미치는 요인으로 나타났다. 이들은 모두 예상한 바와 같은 부호를 나타냈다. 즉, 산림면적, 융자제도 그리고 산림소득은 산림투자에 정(正)의 영향을, 거리 (1)은 부(負)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.107-118
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• 2016

This study examined differences in consumers' images of short-term income forest products, preference, willingness to pay prices and purchase behavior according to dietary lifestyle as well as investigated what factors influence the degree of satisfaction when purchasing short-term income forest products and willingness to repurchase. According to dietary lifestyle, the results classified consumers as 'frugal housewife type,' 'convenience-seeking type,' and 'food high-involvement type.' A 'food high-involvement group' is defined as a group that wants high quality products regardless of price. In the 'frugal housewife type,' country of origin and hygiene/safety (considered when purchasing food) had positive influences on the degree of satisfaction. In the 'convenience-seeking type,' country of origin (considered when purchasing food) had a positive influence on the degree of satisfaction while country of origin (checked when purchasing food) had a negative influence on degree of satisfaction. Consumers had a lack of perception for short-term income forest products; subsequently, short-term income forest products had a weakness of low access to consumers. Therefore, farms for short-term income forest products need to divide products into 'high-priced' luxury products and 'low-priced' frugal products according to dietary lifestyle characteristics, improve packaging status to enable consumers to check quality certificates, and clearly indicate country of origin as well as improve distribution processes and increase consumer access to products.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.85-97
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• 2019

Background: Despite the increasing role of dry forests in climate change adaptation and mitigation, these versatile resources has got less attention in the national and regional planning, their potential to enhance the local and national economy has been overlooked, and their contribution to sustainable environmental management has not been recognized. Hence, the objective of this study was to assess the socioeconomic contribution of dry forests and forest products to climate change adaptation in the Liben Woreda, Southern Oromia region of Ethiopia. Methods: For this study, an integrated qualitative and quantitative approach was used. A total of 74 households from villages in the Bulbul, Boba, and Melka-Guba kebeles were randomly selected for the household survey. Results: Results showed that 75% of the respondents in the area indicated that climate change has become their major sources of vulnerability, where drought has been manifested in the form of crops failure and massive death of livestock particularly cattle species. The main income strategies of the study households include livestock, crop, forests such as gum and resins, firewood and charcoal and non-farm activities such as in the form of petty trade, wage and aid. The average total household income was ETB 11,209.7. Out of this, dry forest income constituted 15% of the total income. In addition to using dry forests as rangeland for livestock, the communities collect wood for construction, fodder, traditional medicine, and forest food both for subsistence and for sale. On the other hand, dry forest products could be considered as less vulnerable, rather resilient livelihood strategies to climate- and environment-related risks compared to livestock and crop production such as in the face of drought periods. More than 48.6% of the households argued that the income generated from dry forests increased substantially due to increment in the level of engagement of family members in forest based income activities. On the other hand, 35.8% of the households responded that livestock production, particularly camels and goats, have been making the livelihood strategies of the respondents more resilient indicating the shift made from grazers browsers to livestock. In general trends show that, the trends of livelihood dependency on dry forest were highly increasing indicating the importance of dry forest income in responsse to frequent droughts. Conclusions: Dry forest income has been becoming crucial livelihood staretgy in response to frequent droughts in the study area and hence, it is important to improve the management of dry forests for livelihood enhancement, while also securing their long-term ecological functions.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.355-360
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• 2017

This study was aimed to analyze the increased forestry incomes by combining timber production and wood processing, which is one of 6th industrialization types in Korean forestry. The selected household has been engaged in forestry for two generations and they produce timber and associated wood products in their own facility. The wood products include dimension lumber, interior wood material, cutting board, and cube chips, the household also utilize logging and sawmill residues as well as seed and seedlings as by-products. Incomes and expenses that have been incurred on individual processes of the sequential timber production and wood processing were surveyed, and we analyzed the economic outcomes of entire business. The results of this study indicate that the gross income of the household is 122.3 million Korean won and the net income is 93.6 million Korean won. The net income of the household is approximately 2.8 times higher than the average net income of whole households in the forestry of Korea in 2016, which is approximately 4.3 times higher than that of households that have been particularly engaged in timber production over the country. We found that the 6th industrialization by combining the two sequential processes creates approximately 3.2 times as much added value compared to the case relying on timber production only.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제108권3호
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• pp.392-404
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• 2019

이 연구의 목적은 임가의 소득원이 소득불평등에 미치는 영향을 파악하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 2013년부터 2016년까지 임가경제조사 데이터를 이용하여 소득원천별 지니계수 분해법을 적용하여 분석하였다. 구체적으로는 임가의 소득불평등도 분석은 임가 전체와 5개의 소득분위 계층별로 구분하여 분석하였다. 분석결과를 보면 임가의 소득불평등에 주로 영향을 미치는 소득은 임업소득과 임업 외 소득으로 나타났으며, 분위별로는 최상위 소득계층의 소득불평등은 임업소득의 영향력이 다른 소득원에 비해 크게 나타난 반면, 그 외의 분위에 속하는 임가에서는 임업 외 소득의 영향이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 임가의 소득증대를 위해서는 최상위 계층을 제외한 다른 계층에서의 임업소득에 대한 비중을 증대시킬 필요가 있으며, 최하위 소득계층의 임업소득이 부채상태인 점을 감안할 때, 이를 개선시킬 수 있는 방안의 강구도 필요한 것으로 판단된다. 동시에 임가의 소득불평등을 개선하기 위해서는 임가소득이 증대될수록 임업소득의 불평등을 개선하기 위한 정책적 대안이 필요한 것으로 판단된다.