Cranes, Crops and Conservation: Understanding Human Perceptions of Biodiversity Conservation in South Korea’s Civilian Control Zone

Australian dingoes have recently been suggested as a tool to aid biodiversity conservation through the reversal or prevention of trophic cascades and mesopredator release. However, at least seven ecological and sociological considerations must be addressed before dog populations are positively managed.Domestication and feralisation of dingoes have resulted in behavioural changes that continue to expose a broad range of native and introduced fauna to predation.Dingoes and other dogs are classic mesopredators, while humans are the apex predator and primary ecosystem engineers in Australia.Anthropogenic landscape changes could prevent modern dingoes from fulfilling their pre-European roles.Dingoes are known to exploit many of the same species they are often presumed to ‘protect’, predisposing them to present direct risks to many threatened species.The assertion that contemporary dog control facilitates the release of mesopredators disregards the realities of effective dog control, which simultaneously reduces fox and dog abundance and is unlikely to enable increases in fox abundance.The processes affecting threatened fauna are likely a combination of both top-down and bottom-up effects, which will not be solved or reversed by concentrating efforts on managing only predator effects.Most importantly, human social and economic niches are highly variable across the ecosystems where dingoes are present or proposed. Human perceptions will ultimately determine acceptance of positive dingo management.Outside of an adaptive management framework, positively managing dingoes while ignoring these seven considerations is unlikely to succeed in conserving native faunal biodiversity but is likely to have negative effects on ecological, social and economic values.

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Habitat Fragmentation by a Levee and Its Impact on Frog Population in the Civilian Control Zone

Journal of Wetlands Research ◽

10.17663/jwr.2016.18.2.113 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 113-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jaehyoung Ju ◽

Jae Hyun Kim ◽

Seung Ho Kim

Keyword(s):

Habitat Fragmentation ◽

Civilian Control ◽

Control Zone

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A Study on the Change of the Spatial Distribution of Villages in Civilian Control Zone by using GIS

Journal of the Association of Korean Photo-Geographers ◽

10.35149/jakpg.2013.23.1.011 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 121-140

Author(s):

Kim Chang Hwan ◽

이태희

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Civilian Control ◽

Control Zone

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Long-Term Land Cover Changes in the Western Part of the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Land ◽

10.3390/land10070708 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 708

Author(s):

Jae-Hyun Kim ◽

Shinyeong Park ◽

Seung-Ho Kim ◽

Eun-Ju Lee

Keyword(s):

Land Cover ◽

Ecological Integrity ◽

Land Cover Changes ◽

Agricultural Activity ◽

Civilian Control ◽

Rice Paddies ◽

Control Zone ◽

Land Type ◽

Demilitarized Zone ◽

The Korean War

After the Korean War, human access to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was highly restricted. However, limited agricultural activity was allowed in the Civilian Control Zone (CCZ) surrounding the DMZ. In this study, land cover and vegetation changes in the western DMZ and CCZ from 1919 to 2017 were investigated. Coniferous forests were nearly completely destroyed during the war and were then converted to deciduous forests by ecological succession. Plains in the DMZ and CCZ areas showed different patterns of land cover changes. In the DMZ, pre-war rice paddies were gradually transformed into grasslands. These grasslands have not returned to forest, and this may be explained by wildfires set for military purposes or hydrological fluctuations in floodplains. Grasslands near the floodplains in the DMZ are highly valued for conservation as a rare land type. Most grasslands in the CCZ were converted back to rice paddies, consistent with their previous use. After the 1990s, ginseng cultivation in the CCZ increased. In addition, the landscape changes in the Korean DMZ and CCZ were affected by political circumstances between South and North Korea. Our results provide baseline information for the development of ecosystem management and conservation plans for the Korean DMZ and CCZ. Given the high biodiversity and ecological integrity of the Korean DMZ region, transboundary governance for conservation should be designed.

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The recent avifauna of the central and eastern Civilian Control Zone near the Demilitarized Zone in Republic of Korea

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity ◽

10.1016/j.japb.2016.02.004 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 166-179

Author(s):

Seunghwa Yoo ◽

Dongwon Kim ◽

Youngmin Moon ◽

Jeongyeon Yi ◽

Taebong Choi

Keyword(s):

Republic Of Korea ◽

Civilian Control ◽

Control Zone ◽

Demilitarized Zone

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Spatial Pattern and Factor Analyses for Forest Sustainable Development Goals within South Korea’s Civilian Control Zone

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103500 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3500 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jinwoo Park ◽

Jungsoo Lee

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Forest Management ◽

Land Cover ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Civilian Control ◽

Forest Change ◽

Hotspot Analysis ◽

Control Zone ◽

Development Goals

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer specific guidelines for improving sustainable forest management, especially Goal 15. Goal 15 protects, restores and promotes the sustainable use of land ecosystems, manages forests sustainably, prevents was against desertification, stops and reverses land degradation and prevents biodiversity loss. The Civilian Control Zone (CCZ) south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea has functioned as a unique biological preserve due to traditional restrictions on human use but is now increasingly threatened by deforestation and development. We used hot spot analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze spatial patterns of forest land use and land cover (LULC) change and variables influencing these changes, within the CCZ. Remote sensing imagery was used to develop land cover classification maps (2010 and 2016) and a GIS database was established for three change factors (topography, accessibility and socioeconomic characteristics). As a result of Hotspot analysis, Hotspots of change were distributed mainly due to agricultural activities and the development of forest and expansion of villages. Subsequent factor analysis revealed that accessibility had greater influence (−0.635) than the other factors. Among the direct factors, change to bare land had the greatest impact (−0.574) on forest change. These results shed light on forest change patterns and causes in the CCZ and provide practical data for efficient forest management in this area with regards to the SDGs.

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