Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology (한국환경복원기술학회지)

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Development of Evaluation Indices for Ecological Restoration of Degraded Environments Near DMZ in the Republic of Korea

DMZ 주변 훼손지의 생태복원 평가지표 개발

  • Lee, Peter Sang-Hoon (Institute of Agricultural Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Sanghyuk (Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Sol Ae (Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Choi, Jaeyong (Department of Forest Resources, Chungnam National University)
  • 이상훈 (충남대학교 농업과학연구소) ;
  • 이상혁 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학) ;
  • 이솔애 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학) ;
  • 최재용 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학)
  • Received : 2015.02.06
  • Accepted : 2015.02.16
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

DMZ is considered as an ecologically sensitive landscape and one of the highest biodiversity regions in the Republic of Korea. There have been, albeit the significant value, increased interests in developing this region for a variety of purposes including tourism and commemorative events. As this region has been already facing a range of problems derived from previous development, natural disaster and invasive species, the necessity for active management of ecological health within this region has been increased, which weighs the importance of executing ecological restoration. The objective of this study was to develop evaluation indices as an effective management means of properly evaluating ecological restoration and sustainably maintaining the restored conditions on a long-term scale. Through literature review existing evaluation indices related to restoration were collected, and then the most suitable indices were selected based upon two interviews and one questionnaire survey targeting experts in the relevant field to ecological restoration. They were categorized by two major division and their subclasses (Ecological base - vegetation structure & composition, habitat characteristics, soil environment; landscape ecology - connectivity, landscape patch, boundary & surrounding) and 40 indices. These indices were considered helpful to comprehensively evaluate ecological restoration on degraded environments within ecologically sensitive areas, and sustainably manage target areas by employing a long-term monitoring approach. As this result played a meaningful role in providing the fundamentals of evaluating ecological restoration, it should develop a suitable evaluation system through further research.

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