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Development of the Forest Carbon Sink Index on Afforestation and Reforestation Activities

신규조림·재조림 활동의 산림탄소흡수원 지수 개발

  • Song, Minkyung (Center for Forest and Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Bae, Jae Soo (Center for Forest and Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute) ;
  • Seol, Mi Hyun (Center for Forest and Climate Change, Korea Forest Research Institute)
  • 송민경 (국립산림과학원 기후변화연구센터) ;
  • 배재수 (국립산림과학원 기후변화연구센터) ;
  • 설미현 (국립산림과학원 기후변화연구센터)
  • Received : 2014.02.28
  • Accepted : 2014.03.19
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

We have developed the Forest Carbon Sink Index on afforestation and reforestation activities, a regulation stated in article 26 of the 'Law on the maintenance and enhancement of carbon sink (Carbon Sink Law)', which took effect on March, 2013. According to the legal purpose to evaluate the performance of individual forest carbon offset projects and to compare each other at a certain point, values of the forest carbon sink index were calculated by the scoring method. Three criteria were established based on the Carbon Sink Law: 'Carbon' (real greenhouse gas reduction), 'Human' (socio-economic effect) and 'Nature' (environmental effect). Continuously, 9 indicators from the three criteria were selected by top-down approach; the adequacy of each criteria and indicators were reviewed through on-line Delphi survey; and finally weighted value of each criteria and indicators were assigned. To reflect the characteristics of the domestic forest carbon offset projects, which focus on corporate social responsibility-typed projects, we applied the score weighting method to minimize gaps among criteria and ones among indicators. After applying our newly developed forest carbon sink index to five domestic forest carbon offset projects, we could confirm that the criteria of 'Human' and 'Nature', which criteria are in relatively low weight, can play a role as an actual incentive to reduce negative socio-economic and environmental impacts. Based on performance evaluation of the five forest carbon offset project by the forest carbon sink index, the best or good performance project developers could be rewarded, and further the performance evaluation would work as an incentive to stimulate the involvement of domestic project developers in the field of forest carbon offset project.

2013년 3월에 발효된 '탄소흡수원 유지 및 증진에 관한 법률' 제26조에서 규정한 신규조림 재조림 활동의 산림탄소흡수원 지수를 개발하였다. 특정 시점에서의 개별 산림탄소상쇄사업의 실적을 평가하여 상호 비교하고자 하는 법적인 목적에 따라 점수화 방법을 사용하여 산림탄소흡수원 지수값을 산출하였다. 탄소흡수원법을 바탕으로 하여 '탄소'(온실가스 감축), '인간'(사회경제적 영향), '자연'(환경적 영향)의 3대 기준을 설정하였다. 각 기준에 속하는 9개의 지표를 top-down 방식으로 선정하였고, 전문가 온라인 설문조사를 통하여 기준과 지표의 정합성을 검토하고 가중치를 도출하였다. 사회공헌형을 대상으로 하고 있는 국내 산림탄소상쇄사업의 특성을 반영하여, 기준과 지표 간 가중치의 간격을 최소화하는 점수가중치 부여 방식을 적용하였다. 국내에서 시행중인 5개 산림탄소상쇄사업을 대상으로 개발된 지수를 시범적으로 적용하여 평가한 결과, 상대적으로 가중치가 낮은 '인간' 및 '자연' 기준이 실제적으로 부정적인 사회경제적 환경적 영향을 저감하도록 유인하는 역할을 할 수 있음을 확인했다. 산림탄소흡수원 지수의 평가 결과를 바탕으로 우수 사업자에 대한 포상이 가능하며, 이는 국내 산림탄소상쇄사업의 참여 활성화를 위한 유인수단이 될 것이다.

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