• 환경생물
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2018

Clithon retropictus has been protected by the Ministry of Environment as an endangered species since 1998 and has been listed on the state red list of endangered species category II. It is viewed as a representative for all endangered species in the northeastern coastal waters of Korea. Most of the habitats of C. retropictus have been found to be in an unstable state because of development projects such as road construction, small stream development, irrigation for securing agricultural water, and flood prevention. These habitats are damaged by small stream maintenance projects and development, and the risk of damage is increasing and active efforts are needed in order to protect them. Although the Ministry of Environment is striving to preserve this endangered species, the habitat of C. retropictus is still facing external threats because it spreads to only a small area at high densities. Therefore, in order to protect the habitat of C. retropictus, a level II endangered species, it is urgent to make an effort to minimize habitat damage and to take measures for its protection.

• 한국수정란이식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수정란이식학회 2002년도 국제심포지엄
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• pp.56-62
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• 2002

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) considers the western/lowland bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus to be a threatened species, and the eastern/mountain bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci an endangered species［1］. Although extinction is considered by many biologists to be a natural process during evolution, the exponential growth of the human population has drastically and prematurely reduced the numbers and genetic diversity of many species［2］. Species have evolved to adapt to a specific habitat or environment that meet their survival needs. Alteration or destruction of their habitat results in a species becoming incapable of adapting and hence becoming threatened with extinction. A widespread scientific and public consensus has emerged suggesting that governments should assign high priority to the maintenance of biological diversity via habitat preservation and management far species conservation［3］. Unfortunately, the loss of biological diversity far surpasses the available conservation resources and species are lost forever on a daily basis［4］. Notwithstanding the focus on habitat preservation and wildlife management, conservation biologists have also become increasingly interested in using the technologies of reproductive and developmental biology to help manage or rescue endangered species［5］.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.24-36
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• 2008

The essence of a natural stream restoration project is providing habitats for various creatures in terms of the stream's environmental function. This research suggests the problems of natural stream restoration project by studying streams in terms of habitats for creatures and reviewing the national and international cases on existing natural stream restoration project. As a solution for the above, this research suggests a preservation method for biotope of upper stream areas focusing on the fish biotope area considering the ecological characteristics and preservation value of the respective stream so that the stream can be preserved as habitats for creatures. The research was carried out on Cheonglimli Baekcheon region which is an upper stream area of Buan-Dam located in the public park in Byunsanbando, Buangoon, Jeonlabookdo. We suggest the preservation method based on the habitat environment and keystone species of fish. The habitat environment evaluation was carried out mainly being divided into three groups namely, habitats and surrounding environment, reservoir's features and fish way and the diversity of fish. By improving the problematic elements discovered through such evaluation, it tries to improve the biotope of the stream and continuously preserve the stream. In addition, in order to restore the stream as habitats for various creatures, this research suggests to select keystone species which are suitable for the stream environment and restore the habitats based on the keystone species rather than restoring habitats for all species. Fish not only plays the role of a consumer of Epilithic algae and water beetles but also plays an important ecological role as a food for birds or small mammalia. If such ecologically important biotope for fish is preserved, the ecological environment of the stream will be maintained more stably.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.61-80
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• 1997

This study tried to propose the guidelines for the ecological preservation zoning in Korea. So some related laws and regulations were inspected, which were Natural Environment Preservation Act, Nature Park Act, Cultural Asset Conservation Act, Forest Act and Urban Planning Act. In these acts, I could find several concepts related to the ecosystem that are described as the protection area. But there aren't detailed and practical characteristics in those concepts. So for making the practical concept of ecosystem preservation, I considered Multiple Use Module, Wildlife habitat model, and Environmental evaluation model. Thorough this step, the process and methodology was established for evaluating and analysing. The potentiality of the GIS system was inspected. So the TM5 scene of the site was acquired and processed by ER-Mapper, Idrisi, Arc/Info and Arcview. And several digitized data were input by scanning and vecterizing. The Erdas format was mostly exchangeable to any program. The site is the Byonsan Peninsula National Park. The forest stand information and topographic data were digitized, types of which are forest year, DBH, density, slope, aspect etc. And also the watershed boundary, roads and paths, natural and cultural resources were mapped and analysed. Modelling of preservation suitability found the dispersed patterns for the best suitable zone through all the site. And the development potential areas were checked on downwatershed. This patterns are thought to result from the forest location for the wildlife habitat and the low altitude and no-steep slopes for developing. And Early warning system concept was introduced by overlapping these two patterns on the both potential area. As the conclusions, I proposed that the preservation zone be assigned according to the watershed unit as the main ecosystem zone. This main area should be linked by the eco-corridor through the point type eco-system. Finally, I thought the comprehensive information system should be established for making the rational and efficient decision making in natural area.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2005

Chirisan National Park, the first and largest one out of 20 national parks in Korea, is divided into five zones. They are composed of nature preservation zone, natural environment zone, natural residential zone, concentrated residential zone, and collective facility zone. However, the park is not a continuous habitat: roads, trails, local residences, and various facilities created the habitat mosaics severely fragmented. We investigated the fragmentation pattern of the park due to roads and mountain trails using GIS. Based on perimeter length, area, and the ratio of perimeter to area of each patch, we obtained landscape analysis indices which reflect the regularity of the patch shape. The 1 m-wide hiking trails divided the park into 491 fragments. The legal trails with 1.5 m - 3 m width which have been heavily used by hikers generate 58 fragments. Even the nature preservation zone, corresponding to a core zone comprising 31.8% of the park area, was divided into 37 fragments because of the roads and mountain trails. With the different widths of buffer applied, the core sizes of the fragments were reduced. When the 60 m buffer was applied, the patch interior areas ranged from 0.0001 to 47.77 $km^2$ with a mean of 7.08 $km^2$. The landscape shape indices were far greater than 1 for most of the cases with a maximum value of 25. These results clearly indicate that Chirisan National Park is not a continuous habitat, but mosaics of small, irregularly shaped habitat fragments. It is necessary to take the size and shape of the fragmented habitats into consideration when nature conservation is planned, especially for large wildlife such as brown bears.

• 환경생물
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.545-548
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• 2017

Nannophya pygmaea (commonly known as the scarlet dwarf dragonfly) was designated as an endangered species, level II, by the Ministry of Environment of Korea in 1994; it has been used as a flagship species for the protection and preservation of wetlands. Over 25 sites in Korea have been identified as the habitat of Nannophya pygmaea. However, most of these habitats have proven to be unstable, and there have been subsequent changes in the assemblage structure and organization. Most habitats changed to become grasslands or plain ground, and now only five habitats remain. Although efforts have been made to protect the Nannophya pygmaea as an endangered species, their habitat loss has increased, caused by natural succession and drought. Therefore, we need to make stronger protections in the preservation manual of level II endangered species, particularly Nannophya pygmaea, and its native habitats in Korea.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.54-62
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• 2011

현재 세계에 밝혀진 생물종은 160만여 종으로 한국에 밝혀진 자생종은 3만여 종으로 기록되어 있으며, 한국 국립공원 생물종은 1만5천여 종에 이르고 있다. 이 중 한국 국립공원내 멸종위기종은 133종으로 전체 멸종위기종의 60%를 차지하고 있으며, 이들의 보호와 관리를 위해 실질적인 분포와 이들의 서식지 관계에 대한 것을 바탕으로 한 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 지리산국립공원 내에 분포하는 동물 개체군을 대상으로 GIS 프로그램을 통해 주요 서식지를 등록하고, 3차원 서식도를 제작함으로써 국립공원에 서식 중인 동물의 보전과 관리를 위한 새로운 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 동식물보호단 동물좌표 파일과 국립공원 경계 폴리곤파일 및 ASTER GDEM 수치표고모델을 이용하여 서식도를 제작하였다. 최신의 지형정보와 서식지정보의 융합을 통해 구축된 새로운 개념의 동물서식도는 향후, 동물의 종별 보호 관리 계획 및 서식지 보호 계획 시 유용한 정보로 활용될 것이다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.102-111
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• 2022

보호지역 중 국립공원은 생물다양성이 풍부한 곳으로 다른 곳에 비해 인간에게 제공되는 생태계서비스 혜택이 높은 편이다. 이러한 국립공원의 가치를 객관적이고 과학적인 데이터를 기반으로 관리하기 위해 생태계서비스 평가가 활용되고 있다. 생태계서비스는 공급, 조절, 문화, 지지의 4가지 서비스로 분류되며, 본 연구에서는 지지서비스 중 서식지질을 평가하였다. 서식지질 평가는 InVEST의 Habitat Quality 모델을 활용하였으며, 선행연구 분석 및 국내 보호지역 실정을 반영하여 인자별 민감도 및 서식지질 초기값 계수를 재설정하였다. 한라산국립공원을 제외한 21개 국립공원의 서식지질을 분석하고 지도화하였다. 서식지질은 0과 1사이의 값으로 나타나며, 1에 가까울수록 자연성이 높은 것으로 평가한다. 서식지질 분석결과 설악산·태백산국립공원(0.90), 지리산·오대산국립공원(0.89), 소백산국립공원(0.88) 순으로 높게 나타났다. 해안-해상형 국립공원을 제외한 18개 국립공원의 면적과 서식지질을 비교한 결과 면적이 넓을수록 전반적으로 서식지질이 높게 나타났다. 용도지구별 서식지질을 비교한 결과 공원자연보존지구, 공원자연환경지구, 공원문화유산지구, 공원마을지구 순으로 서식지질이 높게 나타났다. 서식지질 분석과 용도지구별 법적인 규제를 함께 고려하였을 때, 인위적인 행위가 제한될수록 서식지질은 높아지는 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구는 국내 보호지역 상황에 맞게 매개변수를 조정하여 21개 전 국립공원을 대상으로 서식지질 분석을 실시한 것에 의의가 있다. 적확한 수치와 지도화를 통해 직관적으로 파악이 용이하며, 향후 보호지역의 개발 및 보전에 관련한 정책 결정에 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.95-105
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• 2022

높은 개발 압력과 이용 강도로 인해 연안생태계 건강성이 악화되고 있는 부산은 연안역의 지속가능한 이용 및 생태계 보전을 위해 인간과 자연환경을 함께 고려하는 생태계 관리가 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 서식지 중심의 생태계 기반 관리를 위하여 InVEST 서식지 질 및 위험도 모델을 적용하여 부산 연안 육역과 연안 해역의 서식지를 평가하였다. 평가 결과 연안 육역은 강서구 가덕도, 남구 이기대·신선대, 기장군 일대 지역의 서식지의 질이 높고, 서구, 중구, 동구, 수영구는 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 연안 해역의 경우 낙동강 하굿둑 하부 지역의 위험도가 낮았으며, 영도구, 사하구, 강서구 일부 지역의 위험도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이에 연안 생태계 서식지의 가치를 높이고 지속가능한 이용 및 보전을 위하여 훼손된 서식지를 개선하고 위협요인을 줄여 생태계서비스를 증진할 수 있는 관리 방안을 마련해야 할 것으로 판단된다. 또한 연안 육역의 개발사업 계획 시 연안 해역에 미치는 영향을 충분히 고려하여야 할 것이다. 본 연구의 연안 육역의 서식질 질 모형 결과는 도시생태현황지도와 국토환경성평가지도와 유사한 경향성을 가지는 것으로 파악되었으며, 연안 해역의 서식지 위험도 평가 결과 또한 해역의 서식지 파악, 위협요인 관리 등에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• nspc9호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2016

In the present study, to explore the current status of mammals that inhabit Jindo Island, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, a survey was conducted from July 6 to July 9, 2016. Using several survey methods, such as Sherman's live trap, footprint, caves, excretions, and road-kill investigations, the mammals observed on Jindo Island were found to be from 5 orders and 9 families, including 12 species in total. Among them, three species of small mammals were Mogera wogura, Crocidura shantungensis, and Apodemus agrarius. Additionally, two legally protected species were found through excretion observations. Lutra lutra and Prionailurus bengalensis, which were designated to endangered wild animal classes I and II, respectively. The survey results can be used as a valuable resource for identifying the distribution and habitat status of mammals in the Jindo-gun area, as well as for building a database for ecosystem preservation.