• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.59-71
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• 2009

The goals of this study were to development Natural Ecosystem Value Assessment Model, to suggest the practical applicability of the Natural Ecosystem value assessment for development areas, and to assess natural ecosystem quantitatively using GIS. The Model can evaluate Natural Ecosystem Value between before and after land developments. To select indicators for the model, we conducted the literature reviews. and six indicators and the standard of evaluation had been developed through the expert interviews and literature reviews. the relative importance of the evaluation index throught two times expert questionnaires was found out. the Natural Ecosystem Value Assessment Model has been established, The results demonstrate that although the suggested six indicators are arranged by priority, to maintain quantitative and qualitative the natural ecosystem value, all indicators are desirable to be maintained complementarily. The findings of this study suggest that the natural ecosystem value assessment model appears to be effective an assessment for damaged natural environment value and possible to assign a score value. Also, this model can be applied to research areas and has implications to help maintain the natural ecosystem in land development districts.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.53-69
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to explore the ecosystem service and benefit indicators of natural seaweed beds. Ecosystems of natural seaweed beds provide a wide range of services and benefits to human society including provisioning services, regulating services, supporting services, and cultural services. Indicators for each of the ecosystem services are chosen by marine plants ecologists and as follows. Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for provisioning services are well-being food(amount of seaweed harvested/amount of fish landed, fish biomass, area of natural seaweed beds, the number of species, contribution to the second production), raw materials(amount of biomass by breed, amount of aquaculture feed), genetic resources(amount of genetic material extracted, amount of genetic material contained by age and habitat), and medicinal resources(amount of medicinal material extracted). Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for regulating services are air purification(amount of fine dust/NOx or $SO_2$ captured), climate regulation(amount of $CO_2$ sequestered), waste treatment(amount of N, P stored, biochemical degradation capacity COD), and costal erosion prevention(length and change of natural coast line, amount of sediment prevented). Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for supporting services are lifecycle and maintenance(primary production, contribution to the second production) and gene pool protection(amount of compositional factors in ecosystem, introduced species). Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for cultural services are recreation and tourism(the number of visits of an area) and information for cognitive development(amount of time spent in education, research and individual learning about ecosystem of natural seaweed beds).

• 환경영향평가
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.157-172
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• 2002

This work aims to collect a biogeographic informations on the biota, alpine ecosystem, nature reserves, forest ecosystem of North Korea, and also to accumulate a basic data on the current situation and problem of the natural ecosystem of North Korea for the preparation of future cooperation and exchange between South and North Koreas. The obtained findings are as follow. First, North Korean biota contains 18,013 species, and consists of 6,710 plant species, including 3,860 species of vascular plants. Secondly, urgent investigation on the biogeographically important arctic-alpine and alpine plants and ecosystem, those are known to be endangered due to environmental change and global warming, is required. Thirdly, the conservations of diverse nature in North Korea are conducted by the introduction of various systems, such as nature preservation region, reserves for plant, animal and sea bird, and natural monuments. Fourthly, out of 9.5 million hectares of forest, one million hectares have already faced forest denudation, thus caused lots of damages for forest ecosystem. Sharp decline of North Korean forest land are due mainly to the expansion of terraced dry-field farming and deforestation. Recovery of denudated forest land should be approached by both South and North Korean sides to solve the problem of shortage of foods and restoration of natural ecosystem of North Korea.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2001

The need and concern about ecosystem are growing rapidly. However, ecosystem management systems are still in the first stage since the data are handled locally and separately. It results in the waste of money and time. In this research, we designed and implemented ecosystem management system of stream region using geographical information system(GIS) that is able to be used to manage the natural resource efficiently. It is expected to be used as a useful tool for Improvement of environment and management of ecosystem as well as recovery of natural environment.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2023

Background: The understanding of ecosystem services can be quantified and qualitative to assess the impacts of changes in the ecosystem to support human well-being. In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sustainable use of ecosystem services has attracted the interest of a range of decision-makers. However, although there is a concern for biodiversity, natural ecosystem, and their services, linking ecosystems with conservation planning remains challenging. Results: This study assessed the first qualitative ecosystem services provided by the Mundok wetland with decision makers of the West/Yellow Sea region. Furthermore, this study applied the Rapid Assessment Wetland Ecosystem method to support natural resources management, improving living conditions. We identified that cultural and supporting services index are highly provided, but preparing a plan to increase the provisioning and regulating services in Mundok wetland is necessary. Conclusions: The assessment results can provide helpful information for ecosystem services assessment, habitat conservation, conservation planning, and decision-making at local level.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.85-102
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• 2012

Industrialization and modernization of the $20^{th}$ century have brought convenience to human life. However, such development produced unintentional global environmental issues such as destruction of natural ecosystem through excessive use of the natural environment beyond its capacity. The United National (UN) recognized such global environment issues and coordinated with worldwide experts to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the global ecosystem, "Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)", to resolve the issues. The UN conducted the MA primarily to comprehend the correlation between the ecosystem and human welfare. The results demonstrated that the ecosystem provides various direct and indirect benefits to human. This new concept was introduced as the "ecosystem services". Introduction of the ecosystem services highlighted the significance of the ecosystem and led to increased research and active discussions among experts from various discipline over the recent 10 years. It has been considered that the ecosystem service concept could be incorporated in policymaking process, as primary criteria to assess and weigh the benefits of using natural resources against the effects on value of the ecosystem. The current policymaking process is affected by the contradicting logics of modernization and preservation of ecosystem. The ecosystem services concept could be the answer to forming a rational policymaking process, allowing for nature preservation while wisely using the available natural resources. The general consensus has been formed on the need of incorporating the ecosystem services concept in the policies and globally various researches on the ecosystem services have been actively conducted. However, introduction of the ecosystem services concept is still at a very early stage and research on real application of the ecosystem services is yet almost nonexistent. Also there are no clear and agreed definition, classification scheme and value appraisal methodology regarding the ecosystem services. Therefore, this research explains the basic concept of the ecosystem services and highlights specific issues for further researches, as further researches on real application of the ecosystem services would find ways for the ecosystem services approach to be valuable in the policymaking process.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2007

Coral reefs are among the most dynamic and various ecosystems on tropical ecosystem. They provide a large number of important ecosystem services. Despite their importance, they appear to be one of the most susceptible marine ecosystems. Dramatic decreasing of coral reefs has been reported from every part of the world. Indonesia contains 18% of coral reefs of world's total. Unfortunately the status of coral reefs in Indonesia is already in critical and poor condition. Coral reefs communities in Indonesia are subjected to a variety of environmental disturbance. Threats to Indonesia's coral reefs resources can be divided into two main types: anthropogenic and natural disturbances. The major anthropogenic disturbances on coral reefs in Indonesia are destructive fishing, pollution, coastal development, mining and harvesting live fish and coral, tourism. The natural disturbances such as cyclones, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami and predator also contribute to coral reefs destruction in Indonesia. In my paper I tried to compare between natural and anthropogenic disturbances on coral reefs in Indonesia and raised these questions: (i) how the natural disturbances differ from anthropogenic area (ii) which type of disturbances has caused the greatest impact on coral reef ecosystem. My finding is that both of anthropogenic and natural disturbances give major impact on coral reefs in Indonesia. The important issue here is coral reef resilience could be disturbed by synergistic effects between various anthropogenic and natural disturbances. This phenomenon has significant conservation and management implication. The appropriate management should be conducted to protect coral reefs ecosystem in Indonesia. Mangrove management will succeed only when local people are involved and get sustainable benefits from mangrove ecosystem. Community based management and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) are type of management that can be applied on coral reef ecosystems in Indonesia.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.123-130
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 강화지역의 자연생태 관련 정보의 효율적인 관리시스템을 구축하기 위해 환경 관련기관들의 업무 분석과 자연생태에 대한 정보관리현황을 조사, 분석하였다. 또한 유관기관과의 호환성을 고려한 데이터베이스와 자연환경정보의 검색 편집과 공간정보와 생태자료의 검색 기능을 수행할 수 있는 자연환경정보관리시스템에 적용하였다. 향후 개발된 자연생태정보관리시스템의 프로토타입을 시범운용함으로써 문제점을 도출하고 이를 해결함으로써 수질, 대기, 폐기물 등 분야별 환경정보관리시스템의 구축에 활용하며 최종적으로 이를 통합할 경우 체계적인 종합환경정보관리시스템이 구축될 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제33권6_2호
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• pp.1119-1137
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• 2017

본 연구는 서울과 경기도 지역 도시숲의 수자원 공급 생태계서비스와 기후완화 생태계서비스를 평가하였다. 생태계서비스를 자연기능기반 서비스, 산림의 자연기능과 인구분포를 고려한 생태계서비스, 산림의 자연기능과 수혜자 분포를 고려한 생태계서비스의 세 가지 서비스로 구분하여 평가하고, 이후 기후변화가 생태계서비스에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 평가 결과, 토지피복과 토양 등 자연조건을 반영한 도시림의 수자원 공급서비스의 경우, 경기도가 서울보다 높은 서비스를 제공하는 것으로 나타났으며, 지역별 인구분포를 추가적으로 반영한 서비스 평가에서는 인구가 많은 곳에서 서비스가 높게 나타나는 양상을 보였다. 그러나 도시림의 수자원 수혜자 분포를 추가로 반영한 수자원 공급 생태계서비스 평가 결과는 인구분포를 반영한 서비스 평가 결과와 공간적으로 다르게 나타났다. 같은 수원함양 기능을 가진 지역이라도 인구분포나 물 사용 수혜자의 분포가 많은 지역일수록 높은 서비스 결과가 나타났다. 또한 기후변화가 수자원 공급 생태계에 서비스에 미치는 영향을 평가한 결과, 기후변화에 따른 수자원 공급 서비스는 평균적으로 26%정도 줄어들어 전반적인 수자원 공급 생태계서비스가 낮아지는 경향을 보였다. 기후완화부문의 경우, 산림으로부터 가까운 거리에 있을수록 높은 온도저감 효과가 나타나 산림주변지역에서 높은 기후완화서비스가 나타났으며, 기후 완화 서비스의 수혜자 인구를 고려한 생태계서비스 평가에서는 수혜인구의 밀도가 높은 서울 도심지역에서 높은 서비스가 나타났다. 기후변화에 따른 산림 생장량 변화를 반영하여 산림의 기후완화 생태계서비스의 변화를 평가한 결과, 평균적으로 약 33%의 서비스 감소가 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 도시림을 관리하기 위해서 산림청에서 제시하고 있는 공급기능기반의 6가지(자연환경보전, 산지재해방지, 목재생산, 산림휴양, 생활환경보전, 수원함양) 기능구분 외에 서비스를 수혜하는 수요자 기반의 기능 및 서비스가 평가의 필요성을 제시한다. 이는 기존의 산림의 공급기능기반의 평가에서 간과할 수 있는, 자연기능은 낮지만 수혜를 받는 시민들이 많아 높은 서비스 가치를 갖는 산림을 재평가하고 올바른 관리 계획을 수립하는데 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.725-738
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• 2013

The National Ecosystem Survey in Korea provides information to policy makers for preservation of natural environment and implementation of international agreement. The 1st and 2nd National Ecosystem Survey were carried out between 1986 and 1990, and between 1997 and 2005, respectively. The 3rd National Ecosystem Survey began in 2006 and ended in 2012. In 2013 the pilot survey for the 4th National Ecosystem Survey is ongoing. The 4th National Ecosystem Survey due to the revision of the Natural Environment Conservation Act which has been done every 10 years would change into every five years. It is planned to be conducted from 2014 to 2018. The survey method of the 4th National Ecosystem Survey has been modified to obtain more accurate data for many taxa. The survey for a nocturnal animals will be introduced. In addition, monitoring by setting the grid will get quantitative data seasonally. The vegetation survey will be conducted with a mobile device contained files of aerial image maps including classified vegetation map. National Ecosystem Survey will be improved as follows. First, each survey methods suitable for the purpose should be developed. Second, monitoring methods for obtaining quantitative data should be developed. Finally, the research using the data should be developed in the field of not only ecosystem and biological diversity but also habitat assessment.