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| Biosphere Reserve Information | ||||
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GWANGNEUNG FOREST |
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| General Description |
Central part of the Gwangneung Forest is the basin divided into east and west by the Bongseonsacheon stream (100m above sea level), which flows southward. The basin is open to the north and the other aspects are surrounded by the peaks and ridges of mountain. Owing to the geographical feature, the air temperature of this area in winter is lower by about 4? than its vicinities. In the eastern part of the forest, Mt. Jugyeop, the highest peak (600m) in the forest, is connected by gentle ridge line to Mt. Unak and Gwangneung royal tomb, which is situated at the southern end of the ridgeline. The western part of the forest is composed of Mt. Soribong (537 m), the second highest peak in the forest, and its three tributary ridgelines to the north, south, and east. Particularly the eastern ridgeline forms a gentle declination that disappears into the Bongseonsacheon Stream, and the site formed on the environs of the eastern ridge, the central part of Gwangneung Forest, has a fertile soil. And it is covered with old-growth forest composed of deciduous broadleaf trees assumed to be climatic climax tree species of this region. Thirty-five villages with approximately 230,000 inhabitants are within the transition area of the proposed Biosphere Reserve. The inhabitants can be categorized into two groups. The smaller group consists of the original inhabitants engaged in agriculture, and the larger group consists of those who moved from other areas and are engaged in the restaurant and hotel business. Recently, however, new occupations have been introduced, specifically, businesses that provide nature exposure to urban residents, such as hiking trails or forest retreats and weekend farms. The core areas are protected forests for scientific research and monitoring of natural deciduous broad-leaved forest and habitat protection area for the white-bellied woodpecker. The buffer zones are experimental forest for development of forestry technique and education. Most of the forests are plantations. The transition areas consist of private forests, farmlands and residential districts. |
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| Major ecosystem type | Temperate deciduous broadleaf forest | |||
| Major habitats & land cover types |
- Cover type: Hornbeam-oak forest, red pine forest and coniferous plantations - Major habitats: Mammals (Peteromys volans and Felis bengalensis) Birds (Dryocopus martius and Dryocopus javensis richards) Insects (Lethocerus deyrollei and Callipogon relictus) |
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| Location | 37?45 '46 ?E , 127?08 '47 ?N | |||
| Area (hectares) | ||||
| Total | 24,465 | |||
| Core area(s) | 755 | |||
| Buffer zone(s) | 1,657 | |||
| Transition area(s) when given | 22,053 | |||
| Altitude (metres above sea level) | 100 to 600 meters | |||
| Year designated | 2010 | |||
| Administrative authorities | Korea National Arboretum | |||
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| Brief description |
Weather conditions are being measured continuously from 1977, and hydrological research in the artificial coniferous forest and natural deciduous broadleaf forest is being conducted via two weirs established at the two stands, respectively, in 1989. In Soribong area, the core area of the proposed Biosphere Reserve, which was designated as the investigation site of International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Network, forest ecological study are being conducted from 1998. |
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| Abiotic | n.a. | |||
| Biodiversity | n.a. | |||
| Socio-economic | n.a. | |||
| Integrated monitoring | n.a. | |||
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| Contact address |
Gwangneung Forest Biosphere Reserve Jikdongri 51-7, Soheul-eup, Pocheon City 487-821 Gyeonggi Province Republic of Korea |
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| Web site | www.kna.go.kr | |||
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| Last updated: 18/06/2010 |
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