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SOUTH KOREA
– DEFORESTATION
63.5% —or about 6,265,000 hectares—of
Republic
of
Korea
is forested.
Change in Forest Cover: Between 1990 and 2000,
Republic
of
Korea
lost an average of 7,100 hectares of forest per year. The
amounts to an average annual deforestation rate of 0.11%.
Between 2000 and 2005, the rate of forest change decreased by
0.3% to 0.11% per annum. In total, between 1990 and 2005,
Republic
of
Korea
lost 1.7% of its forest cover, or around 106,000 hectares.
Measuring the total rate of habitat conversion (defined as
change in forest area plus change in woodland area minus net
plantation expansion) for the 1990-2005 interval,
Republic
of
Korea
lost 12.8% of its forest and woodland habitat.
Biodiversity and Protected Areas:
South Korea
has some 550 known species of amphibians, birds, mammals and
reptiles according to figures from the World Conservation
Monitoring Centre. Of these, 4.2% are endemic, meaning they
exist in no other country, and 8.5% are threatened.
South Korea
is home to at least 2898 species of vascular plants, of which
7.7% are endemic. 3.6% of
South Korea
is protected under IUCN categories I-V.
South Korea:
Forest Cover, 2005
|
Total
Land
Area (ha) |
9,873,000 |
|
Total
Forest
Area (ha) |
6,265,000 |
|
Percent
Forest
Cover |
63.46% |
|
Primary
Forest
Cover (ha) |
- |
|
Primary
Forest,
% total forest |
- |
|
Primary
Forest,
% total land |
- |
|
Other wooded land (ha) |
|
South Korea: Breakdown of forest types, 2005
|
Primary forest (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Modified natural (ha | %) |
4,901,000 |
78.2% |
|
Semi-natural (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Production plantation (ha | %) |
1,364,000 |
21.8% |
|
Production plantation (ha | %) |
- |
- |
South Korea: Change in Forest Cover
|
TOTAL
FOREST
COVER |
|
Forest 1990 (ha) |
6,371,000 |
|
Forest 2000 (ha) |
6,300,000 |
|
Forest 2005 (ha) |
6,265,000 |
|
Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) |
(7,100 ) |
-0.11% |
|
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) |
(7,000) |
-0.11% |
|
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) |
(106,000) |
-1.66% |
|
Change in rate (%) |
-0.30% |
|
PRIMARY
FOREST
COVER |
|
Primary 1990 (ha) |
- |
- |
|
Primary 2000 (ha) |
- |
- |
|
Primary 2005 (ha) |
- |
- |
|
Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Change in rate (%) |
- |
- |
|
OTHER WOODED LAND |
|
Other 1990 (ha) |
- |
- |
|
Other 2000 (ha) |
- |
- |
|
Other 2005 (ha) |
- |
- |
|
Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) |
- |
- |
|
Change in rate (%) |
- |
|
PLANTATIONS |
|
Other 1990 (ha) |
748,000 |
|
Other 2000 (ha) |
1,188,000 |
|
Other 2005 (ha) |
1,364,000 |
|
Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) |
44,000 |
5.88% |
|
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) |
35,200 |
2.96% |
|
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) |
616,000 |
82.35% |
|
Change in rate (%) |
-49.63% |
|
TOTAL DEGRADATION/CONSERVSION
Forest
area+Wooded Area-Plantations |
|
Other 1990 (ha) |
5,623,000 |
|
Other 2000 (ha) |
5,112,000 |
|
Other 2005 (ha) |
4,901,000 |
|
Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) |
(51,100) |
-0.91% |
|
Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) |
(42,200) |
-0.83% |
|
Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) |
(722,000) |
-12.84% |
|
Change in rate (%) |
-9.16% |
South Korea:
Disturbances affecting forest land 2000
|
Forest Area annually affected by |
|
Fire (%) |
0.11% |
|
Insects (ha) |
5.40% |
|
Diseases (ha) |
- |
|
Other (ha) |
- |
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