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A Plan for Estimation of Damaged Area from Forest Fire Using Digital Photographs (디지털 사진을 이용한 산불 피해 조사 방안)

  • Jeong, Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.41-50
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    • 2010
  • Because mountain area covers a large proportion of entire country, the forest fire have been an important matter in disaster prevention in Korea. Estimation of damaged area after forest fire would be very important because it would be the basis to make budget or to calculate quantities in the restoration plan for the damaged area. In Korea, the damaged area from forest fire is generally surveyed using GPS. In practice, however, the estimation of damaged area from forest fire have been inaccurate in lots of case due to some problems. Korea Forest Service which is taking charge of prevention of forest fire in Korea is managing a large number of helicopters for forest service on the whole country. So, it would be possible to take snapshots of the damaged area after forest fire from the helicopter using a digital camera. This study aims to establish a suitable method to estimate damaged area after forest fire using snapshots which are taken in the air using a digital camera. So, several approaches were implemented and compared. In future, results of this study could be used in a development of a system for investigation of damages from forest fire using digital photographs.

Ecosystem Service Matrix applying to Baekdu-daegan Songnisan and Hannamgeumbukjeongmaek Boeun-gun area (백두대간 속리산 권역 및 한남금북정맥 보은군 권역에 대한 생태계 기능 산정 매트릭스 방법의 적용)

  • Kim, Sung-Yeol;Moon, Geon-Soo;Kim, Su-Jin;Kwon, Hyuksoo;Choi, Jaeyong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.13-24
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the applicability of Ecosystem Service Matrix method in Songnisan and Hannamgeumbukjeongmaek Boeun-gun area. The assessment was carried out with 25 land cover types by 7 ecosystem values. The research area was divided by 30m x 30m cell unit and the each cell value was classified into 5 grades. The total number of cell under the investigation was 433,910 units in Songnisan and 84,975 in Boeun-gun. Class I and II area were widely spread and Class V area is narrowly distributed inside of Class III area in Songnisan. I area, II area and separately managed zone belong to Ecological Zoning map and Environmental Conservation Value Assessment Map(Environment + Ecology) were assessed Class I in Ecosystem service matrix. In conclusion, Ecosystem Service Matrix assessment based on land cover map is a rapid assessment methodology which reflecting ecosystem functions in a larger area. If it is supported with more ecosystem functions, the more precise nature value can be calculated.

Detection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum using Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR) (PCR 기법을 이용한 Mycoplasma gallisepticum의 검출)

  • Lee, Young-ju;Kim, Ki-seuk;Kim, Jong-wan;Tak, Ryun-bin
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.90-95
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    • 1999
  • A species-specific 760 base pair(bp) BamHI to EcoRI DNA fragment(fMG-2) of lipoprotein gene was isolated from a Mycoplasma gallisepticum(M gallisepticum) genomic library. Based on the DNA sequence data of fMG-2, a pair of 25bp primers was synthesized. When used in the polymerase chain reaction(PCR), 732bp DNA products were amplified from 6 standard strains and 10 field isolates of M gallisepticum, but not from 2 Mycoplasma synoviae and 7 other Mycoplasma species. The lower detection limit was 100fg of the genomic DNA. Identity of the PCR products was confirmed by comparison of patterns of restriction endonuclease analysis with AseI, DraI, EcoRV and SspI.

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MULTI-SENSOR INTEGRATION SYSTEM FOR FOREST FIRE PREVENTION

  • Kim Eun Hee;Chi Jeong Hee;Shon Ho Sun;Jung Doo Young;Lee Chung Ho;Ryu Keun Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.450-453
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    • 2005
  • A forest fire occurs mainly as natural factor such as wind, temperature or human factor such as light. Recently, the most of forest fire prevention is prediction or prevision against forest fire by using remote sensing technology. However in order to forest fire prevention, the remote sensing has many limitations such as high cost and advanced technologies and so on. Therefore, we need to multisensor integration system that utilize not only remote sensing but also in-situ sensing in order to reduce large damage of forest fire though analysis of happen cause and prediction routing of occurred forest fire. In this paper we propose a multisensor integration system that offers prediction information of factors and route of forest fire by integrates collected data from remote sensor and in-situ sensor for forest fire prevention. The proposed system is based on wireless sensor network for collect observed data from various sensors. The proposed system not only offers great quality information because firstly, raw data level fuse different format of collected data from remote and in-situ sensor but also accomplish information level fusion based on result of first stage. Offered information from our system can help early prevention of factor and early prevision against occurred forest fire which transfer to SMS service or alert service into monitoring interface of administrator.

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The Stress-Reducing Effects of Forest Healing Activities in Maladjusted Military Force Members

  • Kim, Jihye;Sin, Changseob;Kim, Jihye;Kim, Dohyeong;Kim, Yunsu;Lee, Hyunchae
    • Journal of People, Plants, and Environment
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.377-385
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    • 2020
  • Background and objective: In the Republic of Korea, military service is mandatory. Some of new recruits have the stress from the special environment, which could cause psychological maladjustment. The military forces have operated education programs such as green camp and healing camp. The study was conducted to investigate changes in psychological and physiological stress by conducting forest healing activities along with plant scent treatment for soldiers participating in a green camp. Methods: A total of 52 soldiers were participated including maladjustment soldiers and those recommended by their military units to protect the unfit soldiers who participated in forest healing activities in the green camp. The programs that were certified by the Korea Forest Service between 2014 and 2019, and were applied for stress reduction and relaxation training were classified into stress-coping programs and forest experience programs. Post-hoc surveys and cortisol measurements were carried out. Results: Green camp soldiers experience and differences in the level of stress responses were found to be very statistically significant between the treatment and control groups. The techniques for coping with stress were not significantly different in the control group, and the treatment group showed statistically significant results. In addition, the results of analyzing changes in the concentration of cortisol and measuring physiological stress were very statistically significant in forest healing activities at 4 p.m. Conclusion: Once green camp soldiers face stressful situations, forest healing programs using forest plant scents for green camp soldiers can have positive responses and forest healing activities can reduce psychological and physiological stress responses, improving maladjustment behaviors caused by stress and positively affecting the reduction of cortisol.

The Impact of National Forest Trails on Quality of Life of Migrants from Urban to Mountain Villages: Focused on Jirisan Dullegil Trail (국가숲길이 귀산촌인의 삶의 질에 미치는 영향: 지리산둘레길을 중심으로)

  • Juyeon We;Sugwang Lee;Jeonghee Lee;Somin Kim
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.112 no.2
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    • pp.230-247
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    • 2023
  • This study was conducted on migrants in 5 cities and counties near the Jirisan Dulle-gil Trail, designated as a National Forest Trail, to find out how the National Forest Trail affects the quality of life after migrants from urban to mountain villages. The group that used the Jirisan Dulle-gil Trail before and/or after the migration showed higher levels of impact on the migration decision, life satisfaction, and behavioral intention than the group that did not use the trail. The group that was affected by the Jirisan Dulle-gil Trail in deciding on the migration also showed higher usage satisfaction with the Jirisan Dulle-gil Trail, life satisfaction, satisfaction with the migration, and behavioral intention than the unaffected group. There were also significant differences in the quality of life according to the migration area, location satisfaction among the migration satisfaction levels, and behavioral intention. In conclusion, it was confirmed that the Jirisan Dulle-gil Trail plays an important role in the decision to migrate to mountain villages and the quality of life after the migration. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data to present policies related to National Forest Trails that can contribute to the development of mountain villages and countermeasures against population extinction in mountain villages.

A palynological study of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) in Korea

  • JEONG, Dae-Hui;JO, Hyeong-Jun;KIM, Jae-Young;KWON, Min-Ji;JEONG, Seon;PARK, Hong-Woo;CHUNG, Youngjae;CHUNG, Gyu-Young
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2022
  • A palynological study of genus Dioscorea L. in Korea was conducted to evaluate the taxonomic implications. As a result of confirming the palynological characteristics of seven taxa of Dioscorea L., including six that are distributed in Korea and D. tokoro found in Japan, sections or species were classified according to the characteristics, such as the number of apertures, the polar end shape, and exine sculpturing. Specifically, the exine sculptures of D. coreana and D. tokoro, erroneously known to be distributed in Korea, are distinguished. The change in the number of apertures is closely associated with microsporogenesis, and it can be presumed that disulcate pollen might have been derived from monosulcate pollen in Dioscorea.

Vegetation Structure and Distribution of Forested Wetland at Public and Private Forests in Daegu City (대구지역 공.사유림 내 산림습원의 식생구조와 분포)

  • Jeong, Hye-Ran;Kim, Hyun-Ji;Choi, Kyung;Park, Gwang-Woo;Kang, Dong-Jin
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.69-84
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    • 2012
  • To provide the basic information on the excavation, conservation, and systematic management plan for preservation of valuable forested wetlands, a field survey was analyzed at public and private forests in Daegu city, 2010. The expected points of FGIS were identified, and buffer zones for the protection of forested wetlands were derived. According to the results from the 11 points of forested wetland, the flora of wetlands in Daegu city were consisted of a total of 169 taxa; 63 families, 131 genera, 148 species, 2 subspecies, 14 varieties, and 5 forms. The species diversity of shrubs in forest wetlands was highest at 1.560, and the evenness was highest in shrub trees at 0.913. Considering the type of wetland, topography, etc., the buffer zone was set at 20~50m from the core area boundary.

New Cultivar 'White Edge' of Leaf Variegated Hosta minor (좀비비추의 잎변이 품종 'White Edge' 육성)

  • Kim, Hyun Jin;Lee, Jong Suk;Park, Kwang Woo;Kim, Sik Sung
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.516-518
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    • 2013
  • A new leaf variegated cultvar 'White Edge' was developed by ethyle methane sulfonate(EMS) treatment on seed of Hosta minor. Among induced leaf variegated plant, some with white color on the edge of the leaves was selected. They were cultivated via vegetative propagation. 'White Edge' was finally selected through the test of characteristics from 2003 to 2005. Assessment of botanical characteristics was conducted for three years. The major characteristic of these cultivar is that they maintain uniformly all year round. 'White Edge'(Grant No.1880) was registered to the Korea Seed and Variety Service(KSVS) for commercialization in 2007. These cultivar are useful as materials for pot or as ground cover plants.