Journal of Forest and Environmental Science

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Biodiversity in the Context of Management and Conservation of Forest Resource

  • Kim, Ji-Hong (College of Forest & Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Kyu (College of Forest & Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kim, Joon-Soon (College of Forest & Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 20100800
  • Accepted : 20100900
  • Published : 2010.08.31
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Abstract

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.

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