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Abstract
Local wetlands such as APW provide ecosystem service benefits to local residents, and as a nature-based carbon sink, they play a key role in improving local resilience and adapting to climate change. This study was conducted to evaluate function of local wetlands that are ecologically important, but are damaged in blind spots of management, and to reveal differences by ecological area and function through functional evaluation. Functional scores for each of the eight evaluation items were compared by dividing them into 3 catchments according to the watershed system and topography using modified ‘RAM’. As a result of the evaluation, the overall average function of 399 priority wetlands was 1.96/3.0, which was medium-level, and among the eight evaluation items, AESREC, Habitat, and AQHAB function were high. In detail it was confirmed in order of AESREC, Habitat, AQHAB, WQUAL, RUNOFF, SHPRO, GWATER and FSTOR. The average function for each catchment were in order of 02GG, 01SAM, 03WS.
期刊介绍:
Ecological engineering has been defined as the design of ecosystems for the mutual benefit of humans and nature. The journal is meant for ecologists who, because of their research interests or occupation, are involved in designing, monitoring, or restoring ecosystems, and can serve as a bridge between ecologists and engineers.
Specific topics covered in the journal include: habitat reconstruction; ecotechnology; synthetic ecology; bioengineering; restoration ecology; ecology conservation; ecosystem rehabilitation; stream and river restoration; reclamation ecology; non-renewable resource conservation. Descriptions of specific applications of ecological engineering are acceptable only when situated within context of adding novelty to current research and emphasizing ecosystem restoration. We do not accept purely descriptive reports on ecosystem structures (such as vegetation surveys), purely physical assessment of materials that can be used for ecological restoration, small-model studies carried out in the laboratory or greenhouse with artificial (waste)water or crop studies, or case studies on conventional wastewater treatment and eutrophication that do not offer an ecosystem restoration approach within the paper.