• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.319-332
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• 2018

This study aimed to provide fundamental data for enlargement strategy of Ramsar site through the analysis of designation properties about 22 sites which has been registered for 20 years since Yongneup (Mt. Daeam) was designated as the first Ramsar site in Korea. Designation properties were analyzed on the basis of Ramsar Information Sheet and ecological properties was mainly analyzed in relation to designation criteria. Designation of Ramsar wetland was concentrated before and after Changwon Congress in 2008 and in terms of area 11 sites are below $1km^2$ and 5 sites are above $10km^2$. The average number of applied designation criteria was 2.86 and Criterion 2 (threaten species), Criterion 1 (representativeness and rareness of wetland type) and Criterion 3 (biodiversity) are mainly applied. In terms of protection species, internationally recognized species were 18 species on IUCN redlist, 12 species on CITES and 13 species on CMS, and nationally recognized species were 76 species on endangered species designated by Ministry of Envirionment, 83 speceis on national redlist and 71 speceis on endemic species respectively.

• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.198-209
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• 2021

Xuan Thuy and Con Dao are natural Ramsar sites in Vietnam with different ecosystems, geography and topography. Avian fauna in these two Ramsar sites were recorded over a 2-year period from 2018 to 2019. A total of 234 bird species belonging to 57 families and 16 orders were confirmed in Xuan Thuy, while only 71 species involving 32 families and 12 orders were found in Con Dao. In total, 25 endangered species have been found in these two national parks based on the IUCN Red List. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Baer's Pochard are the most endangered species ranked as Critically Endangered, whereas Nicobar pigeon, which is endemic to Con Dao, is the only endangered bird species here. This study provides the list of bird species of international importance identified in these two wetlands.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 2002년도 The 10th Anniversary of KENSS International Workshop
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• pp.75-93
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• 2002

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.123-141
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• 2022

세계적으로 자연적 습지는 천연자원 중 하나이며, 다양한 경제적 이점과 건전한 생태계를 구축한다. 본 연구는 인도에서 "Jheelon"로 알려진 람사르 습지 내 야생동물 생태계, 보존현황 등에 대한 현황에 대해 분석하였다. 2022년 현재 인도에는 약 1,09363.6 km²의 면적을 차지하는 49개의 람사르 습지가 있으며, 규모가 가장 큰 Sundarbans 습지와 규모가 작은 Chandertal 습지가 있다. 인도와 선진국에서의 인간활동에 의한 습지의 규모 감축, 기능 상실 등의 피해규모에 관한 연구는 미흡하지만 습지의 유지, 보존, 복원에 대한 중요성은 보고되고 있다. 국가 정책 및 관련 지자체들은 습지를 통한 생태계서비스 구축, 습지 보존, 복원방향, 오염물질 저감 및 배출 규제 등의 법안 마련과 습지에 대한 이해관계를 유지해야 한다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.120-132
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• 2021

서울시 생태경관보전지역은 자연환경보전법과 자연환경보전조례에 근거하고 있다. 2018년 제13차 람사르협약 당사국총회에서 '습지 생태계서비스 간편평가 도구'가 채택되었으며, 람사르습지 도시 인증제 항목에 습지 생태계서비스 평가 항목이 포함됨에 따라 이를 평가할 자료가 필요하다. 본 연구는 서울시 생태경관 보전지역 중 생태적 보전 가치가 높은 습지 5곳을 선정하여 InVEST 모델로 탄소저장량과 경제성 평가를 하고자 하였다. 연구결과는 탄천습지 3,674.62 Mg, 한강 밤섬 1,511.57 Mg, 고덕동 습지 5,007.21 Mg, 암사동 습지 7,108.47 Mg, 여의도 샛강 습지 290.27Mg으로 도출되었다. 이 중 탄천습지는 2013년의 탄천습지의 탄소저장량은 4,804.99 Mg로 탄소저장량 1,130.37 Mg 감소하여 실효탄소요금 평균값인 $16.06(US)를 적용하였을 경우, $15,910.58(US) 손실된 것으로 환산되었고, 기후변화에 따른 생산성과 생태계에 미치는 영향을 포함한 탄소의 사회적 비용 평균값인 $204(US)를 적용하였을 경우, $202,101.97(US) 손실로 도출되었다. 본 연구는 서울시 주요 습지지역을 선정하여 도심 속 습지가 주고 있는 자연자원의 가치를 평가하고자 하였다. 서울시 주요 습지의 생태적 가치 평가를 통하여 생태경관보전지역 보호 및 관리 방안의 기초자료로 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다. 또한, 습지 가치 평가에 대한 중요 의제로 간주되고 있음에 따라 향후 람사르 습지도시 인증제 항목에서 생태계서비스 평가 방안 제시가 가능하다고 사료된다. 람사르 습지를 인식하여 중요한 습지의 발굴 유도에 활용이 가능하며, 도심지역 내 습지 보전의 중요성에 대한 인식 증진과 람사르 습지의 국제적 교류에 도움을 줄 수 있다고 판단된다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.11-25
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• 2001

A wetland is an ecosystem which is the most useful and highly-energetic transition area. This study has been carried out to classify and identify the various types of wetlands in Korea. The main objective of this study are 1) defining and classifying of wetlands, and 2) identifying the wetlands characteristics, and 3) studying cases on the natural wetlands such as Han river, DMZ(Demillitarized Zone), Upo wetland and Yong(Dragon) wetland. The results as follows： 1) Development of the indices for identifying and classifying wetlands in encompassing in such as Ramsar Conference, US NWI(National Wetlands Inventory), Hydrogeomorphic system. 2) Development on the classifying method on the wetlands in the level of supersystem, system, subsystem, class and subclass. The systems include Palustrine and Riverine, and the subsystems are Seasonal, Permanent(Palustrine) and Impersistent, Lower perennial, Impersistent (Riverine). 3) Finally, we find out Young wetland is Palustrine/Permanent/Slope/Persistent, and Upo wetland consists of various types of wetlands, those are, Palustrine/Permanent/Depression/Forest Deciduous, Palustrine/Permanent/Depression/Shrub Deciduous, Palustrine/Permanent/Depression/Persistent, Palustrine /Permanent/Depression/Hydrophytes, and Lacustrine/Permanent/Openwater/Hydrophytes. The taxonomy of this study stems from identifying and classifying wetlands with indices mainly based on hydrologic features and substrates. So, it is needed that consequent studies are to be performed with various viewpoints. And the studying cases were limited because of the restricted entrance into the DMZ, And, we selected only 10 crucial sites in Han river as the subject for wetlands regulation and creation. And, for advanced studies, drawing up inventory and mapping are necessary.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.453-460
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• 2006

Upo wetland is the largest inland wetland in Korea as Ramsar Convention Area. The purposes of the study were to investigate the levels of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the sediment and Cipangopaludina chinensis malleata from three sites of the wetland and to assess the potential of the gastropod as a bioindicator for heavy metal levels. The gastropods were dissected into shell and soft tissue without the digestive and excretive organs. The levels of Cd, Cu and Pb were below the guideline of Soil Environment Conservation Act and the heavy metals except Cr were slightly different among the sites. Cd was higher in Upo site ($0.32{\mu}g/g$) than Sajipo site ($0.28{\mu}g/g$). Cu and Zn showed the highest value in Sajipo as $43.5{\mu}g/g\;and\;39.8{\mu}g/g$, respectively while the concentrations of Pb and Zn were the highest in Upstream as $58.8{\mu}g/g\;and\;138{\mu}g/g$, respectively. In the soft tissues and shells of the gastropod, the overall common trend in the concentrations of the heavy metals was revealed with the following order: Zn > Cu > Cr > Ni > Pb > Cd and Ni > Zn > Cr > Cu > Pb > Cd, respectively. Although the soft tissues exhibited higher concentrations of the heavy metals except Ni than the shell in the gastropod, the levels of Cd and Pb in the gastropod were generally below the restrictive values set up by Korea Food & Drug Administration. From Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT) results, the concentrations of Pb and Zn in the sediments among the sites were reflected on the soft tissue (Pb) and the shell (Pb and Zn) of the gastropod in the same order. The lower value of coefficient of variation (CV) in Pb concentration of the shell than in that of the soft tissue supports the usefulness of the shell as a bioindicator for Pb pollution. Although the CV value in the shell was a little higher than in the soft tissue, DMRT results and the stability of incorporated Zn into the shell support the use of the shell of the gastropod as a potential bioindicator for long-term contamination of Zn.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.117-131
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• 2010

This study was conducted to utilize as basic information for the construction of conservation and estimation system for Palustrine wetland, which was badly managed and imprudently reclaimed, through the analysis of distribution characteristics and the estimation of conservation value for sample sites (eight wetlands) in rural area. As the result of wetland type classification, these wetlands was classified by 4 types (Permanent freshwater marshes/pools, ponds, Aquaculture ponds, and Seasonally flooded agricultural land) by Ramsar system, 3 types (Emergent Wetland, Aquatic Bed, and Scrub-Shrub Wetland) by NWI (Cowardin) System, 5 types (Farm Pond Depression, Under-flow wetland, Man-made Pond Depression, Abandoned Paddy Fields Wetland, and Reservoir Shore) by National Wetland's Categorical System, and 3 types (Aquatic Bed Wetland, Emergent Wetland, and Forested Wetland) by Lee (2000) System. These results suggest us developing the new type classification system for small Palustrine wetland in Korean rural areas. The score of function assessment (The Modified RAM) for small Palustrine wetlands was high at the wetlands nearby hills and rice paddy fields, and low at those nearby upper fields, which was mainly affected by land-use and vegetation. The functions as 'Flood/Storm Water Storage', 'Runoff Attenuation', 'Water Quality Protection' were resulted by the structural difference of inflow and outlet. Some functions as 'Wetland size', 'Wetland to immediate watershed ratio', 'Presence of boat traffic', 'Maximum water depth', 'Fetch of water's body' of RAM were not appropriate in evaluation of small wetlands in rural area. Which suggest us developing the new function assessment system for small Palustirne wetland in Korean rural areas.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.1324-1331
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• 1999

The aim of this paper is to propose the preservation of buffaloes not only as productive livestock, but also as a part of the biodiversity of wetlands and especially of the Greek wetlands. The water buffalo used to be an integral part of the biodiversity of many Greek wetland ecosystems, enriched their landscape, and provided invaluable services and products to the rural people and to the economy in general. Its total population before the 1950s was over 100,000 animals. Presently, it is found only in four wetland sites in Macedonia and Thrace and in the estuaries of Rivers Gallikos and Axios, with a total population of a few hundred animals. These wetlands are Ramsar Sites. Even this small population is threatened with immediate extinction because of the rapidly changing rural socio-economic conditions and the expansion of cultivated fields into wet meadows. Farmers and consumers are rapidly losing contact with this mammal and its products. This species possesses minimum requirements for treatment and is characterized by the ability of utilizing roughage of variable nutritional value. These factors are promising to render buffalo breeding a valuable branch of the Greek livestock sector, which can also contribute to the maintenance of the wetlands.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.575-605
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• 2007

본 연구는 한국의 갯벌 간척 정책에 대한 개관과 더불어 문제점을 밝히고 미국, 네덜란드 및 일본의 관련 정책들과 비교하고 있다. 새만금 프로젝트의 특이한 점은 방조제 공사와 보상금 등으로 15년간 1조 원에 가까운 비용이 지출되었지만 향후 간척지의 용도와 추가될 비용규모에 관해서는 사실상 확정짓지 못한 상태에서 방조제가 완공된 점이다. 시화호에서의 역사적 실패사례에도 불구하고, 방조제 완공을 허용한 대법원의 판결은 시대착오적인 편향적 개발관성의 정책을 용인함으로써 한반도의 모든 주요 갯벌이 사라지게 되고 한국의 생태적 다양성을 크게 위축시키는 결과를 초래할 것이다. 미국 대법원은 실제로 프로젝트의 95% 이상이 진행된 상황에서조차도 공사의 중지를 명령함으로써 미국 댐정책의 획기적 전환을 불러 왔다. 간척의 대표국가인 네델란드가 계획된 간척을 중단하고 역간척을 추진하며, 기존의 방조제도 해수유통이 가능한 시스템으로 개조하기 시작한 지 30여 년이 되었다. 일본은 국내습지들을 람사 사이트에 대거 등록하는 정책을 추진함으로써 갯벌의 보전을 강화하고 있다. 한국도 대규모 간척 정책을 중단하고 생태적 다양성을 보전하는 자연에 대한 순응적, 소규모의 지식집약형 개발과 순환형 사회를 지향하는 정책전환이 필요하다.