1 Protected Areas Information Management Systems and Challenges in Korea 2012. 3. 28. Hong, Suk-Hwan Pusan National University
Part 1 Protected Areas Database of Korea Part 1. Protected Areas Database of Korea Part 2. Management & Maintenance of Korean PAs Database Part 3. Key Challenges for PAs in Korea 2
3 1. Is there a national protected areas database? How comprehensive is it? Does it include federal, provincial as well as municipal protected areas and areas in cities? 2. What kind of information is available: basic or GIS? 3. How many of the country s protected areas are recoded? 4. Percentage of protected areas in database without GIS, with GIS points or with GIS polygons? 5. What system/technology is used to store the data? Protected Areas Management System
Protected Area Management System in Korea Item Related law Type of Protected Area(PA) No. of PA Mainly control agency Total 1,401 +? Sub Total 1,379 Natural Park Law Wildlife Protection L. National Park 20 Min. of Environment Nature Park Provincial Park 30 Local Gov. County Park 27 Local Gov. Special Wildlife PA 1 Min. of Environment Wildlife PA 376 Local Gov. Ministry of Environment M. Of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs Special Law for Island Ecosystem Protection Natural Environment Protection L. Special Island 177 Min. of Environment Ecosystem and Landscape PA City & Provincial Ecosystem and Landscape PA Wetland Protection L. Wetland PA 28 Marine Ecosystem Protection L. Marine Environment Management L. 13 Min. of Environment 9, LTMA 4 22 Local Gov. Min. of Environment 16, LTMA 9, Local Gov. 3 Marine(Ecosystem) PA 4 LTMA Marine Environment PA 4 LTMA 4
5 Protected Area Management System in Korea Item Related Law Type of PA No. of PA Mainly control agency Cultural Heritage Administration Cultural Heritage Protection L. Baekdudagan Protection L. Total 1,401 +? National Monument 207 Cultural Heritage Adm. Scenic Site 82 Cultural Heritage Adm. Baekdudagan PA 1 Forest Service Forest Service Forest Protection L. Forest PA The Statutory Framework of the World Network of BR Forest Genetic Resources 387 Living Environment? Landscape? Water Storage? Prevention of disasters? Sub Total 22 (23) Local Government, Local Forest Service Office Biosphere Reserve 4 - International PA The World Heritage Convention World Natural Heritage 1 Cultural Heritage Adm. Ramsar Conventioon Ramsar Wetland 17 Min. of Enviro. 12, LTMA 5 Global Geoparks Network Global Geo-Parks 1 Jeju Province
Protected Area Management System in Korea Agency Min. of Environment M. Of LTMA CHA KFS???? Consigned Agency Korean National Park Service Korean Marine Environment Management Corporation National Cultural Properties Research Institute Korean Forest Science Research Institute Local Govern. 1. Each agencies have their own database, but unified database is not. 2. Most PA was already built by GIS polygon 3. 1,401 PA was recorded in Korea, several small PA is not filed. 4. Filed PA was totally constructed by GIS polygon 5. Each agencies use each GIS system (usually use ESRI system, AutoCAD and, GEOmania etc.) 6
Korean Protected Area Forum Discussion committee for total system of PA in Korea Gathering GIS information of all scattered PA data (From 2006 to?) Agency Min. of Environment M. Of LTMA CHA KFS Consigned Agency Korean National Park Service Korean Marine Environment Management Corporation National Cultural Properties Research Institute Korean Forest Science Research Institute Local Govern. 7
8 Status WDPA of Korea 2008 ~ present Progress to Uploading 2008 Complete a WDPA in korea (co-work with MoE, MLTMA, CHA, KFS) 302sites 2009 Progress to Uploading (302 PA site) 2010 GIS Data modified by Data Standard (292site) except international PA(10)
Part 2 Management and Maintenance Of Korean protected areas dataset Part 1. Protected Areas Database of Korea Part 2. Management & Maintenance of Korean PAs Database Part 3. Key Challenges for PAs in Korea 9
10 1. Who manages and maintains the national dataset in Korea? 2. How often is the Korean dataset updated and how do work? 3. How is the data being gathered? 4. How is the data being presented and disseminated? 5. How is the data being used for national/regional/international reporting?
11 1. Each agencies managing their own PA data. 2. Each agencies have their own managing system. Usually dataset updates every time if the boundary was changed. 3. Each agencies gathered their own PA data. 4. Some places informed by the map mostly for the tourist 5. Each agencies made their own report and this is using for their management work.
Part 3 Key Challenges for protected areas in Korea Part 1. Protected Areas Database of Korea Part 2. Management & Maintenance of Korean PAs Database Part 3. Key Challenges for PAs in Korea 12
13 1. Key strengths / weaknesses Key Strengths : GIS data, but not integrated. Key weaknesses : overlapped PAs by each management agencies, ambiguous managing purpose 2. Key challenges for data management and maintenance in Korea Integrating data, rearrangement of scattered PA system 3. What is the future development of the national protected areas dataset in Korea? Total management system for all PAs. Designating more PA area.
Status of the Protected Area 1,401 PAs., 19,533.2 km2 Terrestrial and Inland water : 13,606.8km2 (10.1%) Coastal and Marine : 5,926.4km2 (1.2%) 14
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Korean Forest Service 16
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19 Status of overlapped designation areas 1,401 PAs, 19,533.1km2 (Terrestrial 13,606.7km2, Marine 5,926.4km2 ) Except of overlapped designation areas 15,485.3km2 ( 10,087.1km2, 5,398.2km2 ) Overlapped designation areas 5,445.3km2 ( 3,519.6km2, 528.2km2 ) Terrestrial PAs Coastal & Marine PAs 28% of total PA was designated by 2+ PA
20 Example of overlapped PA system Jirisan (Mt.) Seoraksan (Mt.) 5 different PA system was Duplicated in the same place
21 Challenges & Future Direction of PA in Korea Establishment of Integrated System for all PA Establishing Management Standard of each duplicated PA systems Enlarging PA especially Marine & Wetland area Long-term Monitoring system for PA Management
22 Thank you! Hong, Suk-Hwan hwan9430@gmail.com