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DocumentOther documentReview of methodology on climate change impact and vulnerability assessment for application to the forest sector in Republic of Korea: The first step for mainstreaming adaptation in forest sector
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.As the two laws, The Framework Act on Agriculture and Fisheries, Rural Community and Food Industry and The Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act, were revised in 2015 and 2019, respectively, the Korean government made it mandatory for Korea Forest Service to report the results of climate change impact and vulnerability assessment on forest sector. For implementing the above duty, the National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS) has categorized the forest sector to eighteen detailed sectors and established monitoring framework to assess the climate change impacts since 2015.
This study aims to develop appropriate methodology and framework for assessment of climate change impact and vulnerability on forest sector in Korea by reviewing what the NIFoS has conducted in comparison with the previous cases in the USA, Canada and the UK. To achieve this, this study first clarifies the ultimate goals of assessment and categorizes assessment areas for each detailed sector. Then, by reviewing the major factors on vulnerability assessment used in the Adaptation Partners Frameworks (USA), the Climate Change Response Framework (USA), the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Framework (Canada), and the Climate Change Risk Assessment (UK), this study draws the possible stepwise check list with the hope of producing appropriate results on climate change impact and vulnerability which can be utilized in the stage of mainstreaming adaptation in forest sector. The tentative framework drawn from this study contains the considerations about where we need to go and how to go for achieving adaptation.
This study is expected to contribute to establish the essential basis for supporting decision making for finding actual tools to conserve and enhance forest ecosystem services and sustain life of human being under climate change pressure. Keywords: Climate change, Adaptive and integrated management, Monitoring and data collection, Policies, Sustainable forest management ID: 3621974 -
ArticleJournal articleChange of bird communities at the larch plantation forests and deciduous forests in Jungwangsan, Korea
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.To coping with international convention and treaty relating with biological diversity, and to enhance the public awareness on the effect of forest practice on biodiversity and sustainable forest management in Korea, we evaluated the thinning effect on bird communities at Larch plantation forests (LF, 25.0% thinning at 9ha in size, a.s.l. 1,200m) and deciduous forests (DF, 55.3% thinning at 15.8ha in size, a.s.l. 600m) after two years from 2013 to 2015. Bird communities were surveyed by the combination of point counts (9 points) and line transect methods during breeding and non-breeding seasons with the sounds and observation by binocular and camera. We analyzed the composition of bird communities with nesting and foraging guild. After thinning practice in early spring of 2013, total 15 and 21 birds were recorded in 2013, forty and thirty-one species of birds in 2014, and sixty and forty species of birds in 2015 at the DF and LF, respectively. Data showed that one year took to recover the number of species after thinning at DF sites, and bush-nesting birds such as Winter Wren and Hazel Grouse were increased after thinning at LF sites. At a large forests area in Mt.Jungwangsan, forest practice like a 25.0% thinning at LF and 55.3% thinning at DF sites could not affect the bird community and increase the habitat diversity to attract the forests birds prefer bush and open space in forests areas. These results imply that spatial and temporal arrangement in a landscape approach could be fully considered to maintain and enhance biodiversity in forests. Keywords: Bush-nesters, habitat heterogeneity, Shrub layer, Thinning ID: 3622621 -
DocumentOther documentThe direction of conservation for forested wetlands in the Republic of Korea
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest wetlands, living in a variety of forest organisms, are sensitive to external pressure, and are likely to be damaged due to their unit area which is smaller than inland wetlands and coastal wetlands. This study was conducted to grasp the current status of wetland-related systems and designations at domestic and abroad, and to utilize them as basic data for establishing policies for forest wetlands in the future. A literature survey of developed countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany and Japan was conducted in order to collect information on (1) wetland-related laws, (2) wetland management and designation, and (3) geographic information system. South Korea, the United States and Canada have laws on wetlands, while Germany and Japan have laws on ecological environment. In Germany, Ramsar's wetland registration area was the highest at 2.43% (34 units) compared to the land area. For systematic wetland management, countries collected data related to wetlands and shared them through the geographic information system. Referring to this, it is necessary to supplement the legal and institutional management of domestic forest wetlands and to conduct systematic investigations and share information. Keywords: Sustainable forest management, Biodiversity conservation, Policies, Partnerships, Research ID: 3486740
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