Economic viability of the national-scale forestation program: The case of success in the Republic of Korea

Lee, Jongyeol; Lim, Chul-Hee; Kim, Gang Sun; Markandya, Anil; Chowdhury, Sarwat; Kim, Sea Jin; Lee, Woo‐Kyun; Son, Yowhan

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.001

Cited by 38 publications

(28 citation statements)

References 26 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The Forest Biomass and Dead organic matter Carbon (FBDC) model, a generic model, simulates forest C dynamics using tree biomass growth functions and a set of related parameters on non-biomass C pools [38,46,47]. It assesses C stocks and their changes in five pools (aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, litter, dead wood, and mineral soil (i.e., SOC)).…”

Section: The Forest Biomass and Dead Organic Matter Carbon (Fbdc) Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It assesses C stocks and their changes in five pools (aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, litter, dead wood, and mineral soil (i.e., SOC)). The biomass compartment consists of stems, branches, foliage, and coarse and fine roots, which are simulated using empirical growth functions [38]. Particularly, the Gompertz function's formula was used in the quantification of stem volume growth.…”

Section: The Forest Biomass and Dead Organic Matter Carbon (Fbdc) Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, it is a challenge to unify the assessment of the SOC pool and the C accumulated in forest biomass. An example is the reforestation process that took place in South Korea after the Korean War, when more than half of the forests were cut and soil erosion became a considerable risk [38]. Thus, in 1955 only 35% of the national land area was covered by forests [39].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

A Holistic View of Soils in Delivering Ecosystem Services in Forests: A Case Study in South Korea

Vicente-Vicente

Fuss

Song

et al. 2019

Forests

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In 1955, after the Korean War, only 35% of the national land area in South Korea was covered by forests. In the 1960s, the Korean Government implemented the national forestation program in order to increase the extent of the forest surface and thereby counteract the negative ecological consequences from deforestation, such as erosion and ground instability. According to previous studies, this led to an increase in carbon (C) accumulated in the forest biomass of 1.48 Gt CO 2 (0.40 Gt C) in the period 1954-2012. However, these studies did not take into account the amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) that was accumulated during that period and the influence of management practices on soil ecosystem services. Currently, South Korean authorities are considering the idea of implementing some forest management practices in order to increase timber extraction (e.g., by reducing the cutting age of the trees or by applying thinning and tending measures). In this study, we assess the influence of these management regimes on SOC dynamics and propose a theoretical framework to assess the influence of forest management practices on three ecosystem services, namely, C sequestration, water supply, and biomass production, while considering soil functioning, and especially SOC, as a group of supporting services underpinning the three named ecosystem services. We find that, in terms of SOC sequestration, reducing the cutting age from 80 to 40 years would be suitable only in the case of high biomass production forests, whereas in the case of lower biomass production forests reducing the cutting age would achieve very low SOC levels. However, we propose that increasing tree species diversity, even though it would not lead to a direct increase in the SOC content, could help to lessen the negative effects of reducing the cutting age by improving other soil properties, which in turn positively affect soil functioning (e.g., soil biodiversity, nutrient availability) and the resilience of the forest ecosystem. Finally, we discuss potential policy approaches to incentivize sustainable management practices in South Korean forests from a soil protection perspective.

show abstract

Section: The Forest Biomass and Dead Organic Matter Carbon (Fbdc) Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Forest Biomass and Dead Organic Matter Carbon (Fbdc) Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

A Holistic View of Soils in Delivering Ecosystem Services in Forests: A Case Study in South Korea

Vicente-Vicente

Fuss

Song

et al. 2019

Forests

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…These forest products afforded additional energy and food sources to local people during that period [57]. Reforestation also contributed to the protection of residential and agricultural areas by reducing the risk of natural disasters, such as landslide and flooding [61].…”

Section: South Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Contribution of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Practices to Forest Management: The Case of Northeast Asia

Kim

Guanlin

Son

2017

Forests

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims to introduce the potential applicability of traditional ecological knowledge and community forestry in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, and South Korea. In ancient Northeast Asia, forest policies and practices were based on Fengshui (an old Chinese concept regarding the flow of vital forces), with which forests were managed under community forestry. However, these traditional systems diminished in the twentieth century owing to the decline of traditional livelihood systems and extreme deforestation. Recently, legacies from traditional ecological knowledge and community forestry have been revisited and incorporated into forest policies, laws, and management practices because of growing needs for sustainable forest use in China, Japan, and Korea. This reevaluation of traditional ecological knowledge and community forestry has provided empirical data to help improve forestry systems. Although traditional ecological knowledge and community forestry in Northeast Asia have been scarcely theorized, they play a significant role in modifying forest management practices in the face of socioeconomic changes.

show abstract

“…Cost–benefit analysis compares alternative policy options by quantifying their impacts on the flow of ecosystem services (in monetary terms), thereby identifying positive changes in such flows as benefits and negative changes in the form of costs (Wegner & Pascual, ). Scientists have assessed the net service value of different ecosystems, such as oceans (Zheng et al, ), wetlands (Chen et al, ), and forests (Lee et al, ). However, few scholars have evaluated the net value of farmland ecosystem services (Cao, Liu, Su, Zheng, & Yu, ; Chang et al, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Net value of farmland ecosystem services in China

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Farmland ecosystems are one of the most important landscapes in the world and provide many important ecosystem services for humans. However, most methods of calculating the value of ecosystem services (VES) for these ecosystems have neglected the costs of providing these services or have only considered direct costs. As a result, they have led to the adoption of uneconomical or suboptimal land use and environmental conservation strategies. Because it is increasingly necessary to identify approaches that will produce net benefits both for humans and for the environment that supports us, it is necessary to accurately account for these costs. In this paper, we propose a method for assessing the net value of ecosystem services (NES) for farmland ecosystems, which accounts for both direct and indirect costs, and apply this approach to agriculture in China to provide an improved basis for farmland management. We found that the NES of Chinese farmland decreased from 4.2 × 1012 RMB in 1952 to 3.7 × 1012 RMB in 2014 (1RMB=0.1628USD), in part due to reductions in the area of agricultural land. In addition, the NES in 2014 equaled only 47.4% of the VES, and this percentage would be even lower if more costs could be quantified. Because the direct and indirect costs differ among China's regions, the magnitude of this decrease also varies regionally. To protect China's food security and ecological health, the government will need to adjust farmland management in ways that account for these regional differences to ensure that both humans and our environment benefit.

show abstract

Economic viability of the national-scale forestation program: The case of success in the Republic of Korea

Cited by 38 publications

References 26 publications

A Holistic View of Soils in Delivering Ecosystem Services in Forests: A Case Study in South Korea

A Holistic View of Soils in Delivering Ecosystem Services in Forests: A Case Study in South Korea

The Contribution of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Practices to Forest Management: The Case of Northeast Asia

Net value of farmland ecosystem services in China

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About