• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.161-182
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• 2019

Quantifying the amount of carbon pools in forest ecosystems enables to understand about various carbon pools in the forest ecosystem. Therefore, this study was conducted in the Chilimo dry afromontane forest to estimate the amount of carbon stored. The natural forest was stratified into three forest patches based on species composition, diversity, and structure. A total of 50 permanent sample plots of 20 m × 20 m (400 ㎡ ) each were established, laid out on transects of altitudinal gradients with a distance of 100 m between plots. The plots were measured twice in 2012 and 2017. Tree, deadwood, mineral soil, forest floor, and stump data were collected in the main plots, while shrubs, saplings, herbaceous plants, and seedling data were sampled inside subplots. Soil organic carbon (SOC %) was analyzed following Walkely, while Black's procedure and bulk density were estimated following the procedure of Blake (Methods of soil analysis, 1965). Aboveground biomass was calculated using the equation of Chave et al. (Glob Chang Biol_20:3177-3190, 2014). Data analysis was made using RStudio software. To analyze equality of means, we used ANOVA for multiple comparisons among elevation classes at α = 0.05. The aboveground carbon of the natural forest ranged from 148.30 ± 115.02 for high altitude to 100.14 ± 39.93 for middle altitude, was highest at 151.35 ± 108.98 t C ha^-1 for gentle slope, and was lowest at 88.01 ± 49.72 t C ha^-1 for middle slope. The mean stump carbon density 2.33 ± 1.64 t C ha^-1 was the highest for the middle slope, and 1.68 ± 1.21 t C ha^-1 was the lowest for the steep slope range. The highest 1.44 ± 2.21 t C ha^-1 deadwood carbon density was found under the middle slope range, and the lowest 0.21 ± 0.20 t C ha^-1 was found under the lowest slope range. The SOCD up to 1 m depth was highest at 295.96 ± 80.45 t C ha^-1 under the middle altitudinal gradient; however, it was lowest at 206.40 ± 65.59 t C ha^-1 under the lower altitudinal gradient. The mean ecosystem carbon stock density of the sampled plots in natural forests ranged from 221.89 to 819.44 t C ha^-1. There was a temporal variation in carbon pools along environmental and social factors. The highest carbon pool was contributed by SOC. We recommend forest carbon-related awareness creation for local people, and promotion of the local knowledge can be regarded as a possible option for sustainable forest management.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to analyze biotope types of urban land-use patterns. Forest areas were considered according to vegetation type and potential for succession. Urban ecosystem structure was analyzed according to land use, land coverage, vegetation structure (actual vegetation, diameter at breast height, layer structure, and revetment). As a results of the classification, the biotopes were divided into 71 types according to the urban ecosystem structure. In the case of the Hanam province, the biotopes were divided into 51 types: 26 forest types; 5 swampy and grass land types; 3 farm land types; 3 types of planted land, and 8 types of urbanization.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.29-41
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• 2014

최근 생태계 서비스의 가치를 정량화하고, 경제적 보상을 통해 보전할 수 있도록 하는 생태계 서비스 직불제 (Payment for Ecosystem Services, PES)에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. PES를 정책에 반영시키는 것은 생태계 보전과 빈곤경감을 동시에 달성할 수 있는 방안으로 여겨지면서, 주로 개발도상국에서 적극적으로 도입하고 있다. 그 중, 베트남은 선구적으로 PES를 범국가적인 법 제정을 통해 시행하고 있으나, 공간적 정량화를 통한 광범위한 생태계 서비스 평가는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 북부 베트남에서 수도 하노이를 흐르는 홍강(Red River)의 상류인 Da 강 유역을 중심으로 수문학적 생태계 서비스를 평가를 통해 우선보전산림을 설정하고자 하였다. 우선 평가를 위해 기본적인 최신의 토지피복지도를 구축하고자 Landsat영상을 통해 토지피복분류를 수행하였다. 그리고 이 지역의 수자원공급 및 토사 유실량 방지의 수문학적 생태계서비스를 평가하기 위해 물수지이론 및 USLE 공식을 도입하였으며, 이를 통해 도출된 서비스량을 산림지역에 한정하여 서비스공급 우위지역을 도출함으로써 우선보전 산림지역으로 설정하도록 제안하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 산림지역 내에서도 지형, 기후, 토지피복에 따라 생태계서비스공급량의 범위가 달라짐을 확인하였으며, 수문학적 생태계 서비스 공급우위지역은 푸롱산(Mt. Phu Luong), 판시판산(Mt.Fanxipan), 호앙리엔 국립공원(Hoang Lien National Park) 등으로 나타났다. 이 연구의 결과는 Da 강 유역에서 생태계 서비스 보전을 위한 우선 지역을 확인하는 것뿐만 아니라, 어느 지역의 토지소유주가 더 보상받아야 하는지를 판별하는데 이용함으로써 보상공유(Benefit Sharing) 달성에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.201-214
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• 2019

생태계서비스의 개념은 지역의 생태자원을 관리하고 효율적으로 사용하는데 중요하다. 지역 생태계가 동시에 제공하는 다양한 생태계서비스는 생태계서비스 번들로 표현된다. 생태계서비스 번들은 지역 생태계서비스 특성을 파악하고, 유사한 생태계서비스를 제공하는 지역들을 그룹화하여 지역 생태계서비스 관리정책을 용이하게 한다. 본 연구는 경기도 도시들을 대상으로 11개 생태계서비스 항목들을 모형과 통계지표를 이용하여 평가하고, 시군별 생태계서비스 번들을 제작하였다. 또한 생태계서비스 평가결과에 대한 주성분분석과 클러스터분석을 수행하여 경기도 시군들을 유형화하였다. 연구결과 경기도 도시들의 생태계서비스는 조절, 문화, 공급서비스 유형들로 분류되며 각각의 유형들은 지역특성에 따라서 도시형, 도시산림형, 농촌형, 산림형으로 구분되었다. 각각의 유형들은 지역의 인문사회 및 자연환경 특성을 반영하는 토지이용과 연관되어 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 지역 생태계서비스 특성을 파악하는데 중요한 정보를 제공하여 지역 생태계서비스 관리정책을 수립하는데 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• 기술사
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2005

As a method of anti-fire construction in forest region it is proposed to build fuelbreak(vegetated firebreak). Fuelbreak can separate the large area conifer forest into smell parts combined with natural firebreaks. Fuelbreaks can prevent forest fire effectively and also have other functions benefiting the forest ecosystem and environment. 3 kinds of construction skills are introduced for the silviculture technique to build fuelbreaks. And it is proposed to build the firebreaks network in national scale.

• 한국농림기상학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농림기상학회 2013년도 추계 학술발표논문집
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• pp.116-118
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• 2013

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.425-436
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• 2015

The carbon cycle came into the spotlight due to the climate change and forests are well-known for their capacity to store carbon amongst other terrestrial ecosystems. The annual organic carbon of litter production, forest floor litter layer, soil, aboveground and belowground part of plant, standing biomass, net primary production, uptake of organic carbon, soil respiration, etc. were measured in Mt. Worak in order to understand the production and carbon budget of Quercus serrata forest that are widely spread in the central and southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The total amount of organic carbon of Q. serrata forest during the study period (2010-2013) was 130.745 ton C ha^-1. The aboveground part of plant, belowground part of plant, forest floor litter layer, and organic carbon in soil was 50.041, 12.510, 4.075, and 64.119 ton C ha^-1, respectively. The total average of carbon fixation in plants from photosynthesis was 4.935 ton C ha^-1 yr^-1 and organic carbon released from soil respiration to microbial respiration was 3.972 ton C ha^-1 yr^-1. As a result, the net ecosystem production of Q. serrata forest estimated from carbon fixation and soil respiration was 0.963 ton C ha^-1 yr^-1. Therefore, it seems that Q. serrata forest can act as a sink that absorbs carbon from the atmosphere. The carbon uptake of Q. serrata forest was highest in stem of the plant and the research site had young forest which had many trees with small diameter at breast height (DBH). Consequentially, it seems that active matter production and vigorous carbon dioxide assimilation occurred in Q. serrata forest and these results have proven to be effective for Q. serrata forest to play a role as carbon storage and NEP.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2018

We studied natural and plantation forest ecosystem of Sarguja in Chhattisgarh, India in order to understand how vegetation biomass, carbon stock and its allocation patterns vary among the sites. For this, stratified random sampling was opted to measure the different layers of vegetation. Wide floral diversity was found in the natural forest site as compared to the teak stand. Overall, 17 tree species found in natural forest comprising 8 families while in the teak stand 6 species were recorded. In understory strata 23 species were recorded (18 herbs and 5 shrubs) in natural forest whereas in teak stand 20 herb species and 3 shrubs were found. Great variation was also seen in the population dynamics of the different vegetation stratum in concerned sites. The sapling, seedling and herb density was found to be highest in natural stand while tree and shrub density was more in teak stand. Results indicated that stand biomass of the natural site was $321.19t\;ha^{-1}$ while in the teak stand it was $276.61t\;ha^{-1}$. The total biomass of tree layer in plantation site was $245.22t\;ha^{-1}$ and natural forest $241.44t\;ha^{-1}$. The sapling, seedling, shrub and forest floor biomass was found highest under natural forest as compared to the teak plantation site. Carbon stock has similar trend as that of biomass accumulation in natural forest and teak stand. Higher biomass accumulation and carbon stock were recorded in the higher girth class gradation of the population structure. Proper efforts are required to manage these diverse ecosystems to obtain higher biomass and sustainable ecological services.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.38-51
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to analyze of biotope types and to develop assessment for forest ecosystem evaluation method. Vegetation types divided into 27 types. Considering the vegetation types, vegetation structures, DBH, potentials, and disturbance, it was decided to apply 58 biotope types and survey site's biotopes were divided into 24 biotope types. Assessment indicators were naturaliness, diversity, rarity, stability, potential, and disturbance. The areas given the first grade in ecological value included 9.2% of the site's total land. Areas with the second grade accounted for 43.0% of the total land. Areas with the third grade made up 47.8% of the site and mostly they were areas with dominance of fired area and artificial forest. To plan to build naturally-development for Site, there should be plans to conserve areas with the first grades. For the areas with the second, and third grades, plans for ecological land use based on conservation and restoration in terms of securing biodiversity are needed.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2010

Wetlands perform various functions of vital socio-ecological significance playing fundamental role in moderating monsoon tidal floods and coastal protection and generate goods and products such as fish and forest resources. The depletion of mangroves is a cause of serious environmental and economic concern to many developing countries. Problems of sustainability of mangrove ecosystems are not only technical but also socio-economic. Functions played by mangrove wetlands are of fundamental importance for society. The present study aims to identify the challenges of the mangrove wetlands of Southeast coast of Chittagong, their uses and socio-economic influence on local people, and the value of ecosystem services, and to suggest how to conserve this ecosystem in a more equitable way.