Many kinds of environment friendly agricultural materials (EFAMs) were used for the plant protection, furthermore they support the growth of crops in the greenhouses and the kindly environment friendly farming. Natural enemies might be used for control of insect pest with EFAMs at the same space and time. For testing the toxicity of EFAMs against to natural enemies, 10 EFAMs were selected and tested in small greenhouses and farm"s fields. In case of Harmonia axyridis larva, there was no predacious activity against cotton aphids in the block with EFAMMo L, EFAMPE D, EFAMME G and EFAMAE A, otherwise, aphid population was rapidly decreased in the control block without EFAMs. Both of Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Encarsia formosa population were slightly decreased in the block with EFAMs. There were significantly decreased in the block with IEFAM C, FEFAM D, EFAMSM Band EFAMPE D compared with control area. Especially, there was significantly maintained a very low population, both T. vaporariorum and E. formosa in the block with EFAMMo C. The parasitized ratio of Aphidius colemani is also very low in the block with EFAMs compared with control area. In the block with IEFAM C, FEFAM D, EFAMPE D and EFAMMo L, there were significantly different with control area in the number of mummies. Otherwise, in case of Diglyphus isaea and Liriomyza trifolii, there was no significantly different between blocks with and without EFAMs. In the block with EFAMMo C, Tetranychus urticae and Phytoseiulus persimilis populations were significantly maintained a very low level. However, the population of T. urticae was increased, but P. persimilis was decreased in the block with EFAMMo L.

여러 자연공원의 환경을 비교ㆍ분석하기 위하여 분포범위에 따라 5개의 등급으로 구분된 환경평가를 위한 식물군을 이용하였다. 식물군의 각 등급의 중요도에 따라 V등급을 구성하는 식물에는 20점, W등급 10점, III등급 5점, II등급 3.3점 그리고 I등급의 식물군에는 2.5점의 점수를 각각 부여하였다. 조사된 자연공원지역의 식물군에 따른 전체 평가점수의 순서는 한라산, 설악산, 지리산, 덕유산, 울릉도, 소백산, 오대산, 팔공산, 치악산, 태백산, 속

본 연구는 현행 환경영향평가의 식물상 항목에서 내제되어 있는 여러 문제점의 대안으로써 환경평가를 위한 식물군을 제시하였다. 이들은 어느 특정한 지역공간의 자연환경 우수성의 정도와 종보존 우선순위를 파악하고 결정하는 데 이용될 수 있다. 구계분석을 통하여 선택된 식물군은 그들의 분포범위에 따라 5개의 등급으로 구분하였다. 제V등급은 고립하거나 혹은 불연속적으로 분포하는 식물로 41과 76속으로 83분류군이 이에 해당한다. 제 IV등급은 1개의 아구에만 분

최근 개발의 압력을 받고 있는 충청북도 영동 민주지산을 대상으로 산림의 질을 평가하고 관리대상을 제시하고자 73개 조사구를 설정하여 조사를 실시하였다. 분석을 위해 27개의 식생과 지리정보변수를 마련하였다. 자료의 양을 줄이기 위해 ordination 기법과 요인분석을 사용하여 변수를 축소시켰다. 식생을 분석한 결과 다섯 개의 군집으로 분류되었으며, 이는 DCA에서도 비슷한 경향을 나타내었다. 요인분석에서는 13개의 변수가 5개가 요인으로 압축되었는데, 요인 1은 수종의 풍부도, 요인 2는 건중량, 요인 3은 밀도, 요인 4는 임령 그리고 요인 5는 지리적 특성으로 나뉘어졌다. 천이상황를 예측하는 모형은 다중회귀로 표현되었고, 주요 변수로는 유기물의 깊이, Shannon의 종다양도 그리고 흉고직경이 사용되었다. 그리고 GIS를 이용한 산림관리의 의사결정과정을 도출하였다.

가야산국립공원 등산로 및 야영장의 훼손과 주변 자연환경에 대한 이용영향을 파악하기 위해 1989년에 조사를 실시하였다. 등산로폭, 나지노출폭 및 최대 깊이는 이용강도에 따른 차이가 인정되었고, 전체 51개 조사지 점에서 관찰된 훼손형태는 매우 다양하였으며, 훼손된 지점의 등간로 상태중 최대깊이와 등산로물매는 건전한 지점의 상태와 유의한 차이를 보였다. 등산로주변 토양 및 식생인자의 변화경향을 이용영향의 형태에 따라 구분하여 파악할 수 있었고 등산로주변부에 미치는 이용영향은 약 15m에 이르는 것으로 생각된다. 야영장의 훼손은 심각하여 피해도 5등급의 비율이 약 36%이었고 3등급이상인 지역도 약 69%에 달하였다. 야영장에서의 이용활동이 수목의 직경생장을 크게 저해하는 것으로 나타났으며. 종구성의 이질화를 극심하게 진행시키고 있었다. 야영장의 이용강도의 차이나 이용영향의 범위를 파악하는데 적합한 토양 및 식생인자들을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이용간섭의 영향범위는 약 50m이었다. 야영행위에 대한 내성수종은 물푸레나무, 개옻나무, 노린재나무, 국수나무 등이었다.

Natural environment and human activities in King George Island, South Shetland Islands in West Antarctica have been briefly reviewed, It is sure that human being can live a normal life in the Island, although the insufficiency in space and water resources might be a hampering factor to further human activities in the Island. It seems necessary to protect natural environment against the recent frequent visit of human beings to the Island.

The natural environment of the modern society does not simply reflect damage, but is a complex and grave reality that threatens the Earth. To solve this problem, various aspects related to the natural environment have been explored around the world, and a number of studies are ongoing to balance the development and preservation of the natural environment in Korea. However, no clear category exists for the natural environment and the related terms are ambiguous, rendering the overall evaluation system is in efficient. Therefore, the present study attempted to set the scope of application of a comprehensive evaluation system based on terms similar to the natural environment, concepts of the natural environment viewed from a value-based perspective and a capacitive perspective. In addition, by examining the concept of ecosystem services, a conceptual model for efficient application of the evaluation system of the natural environment through the association between categories of the natural environment is presented to derive implications for practical operation in the future.

In this study, we investigated the in vitro anti-biofilm activities of plant extracts of chives (Allium tuberosum), garlic (Allium sativum), and radish (Raphanus sativus L.) against environment harmful bacteria (gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and, gram-negative Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli O157:H7). In the paper disc assay, garlic extracts exhibited the highest anti-biofilm activity. The Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of all plant extracts was generally higher for gram-negative bacteria than it was for gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria were more resistant to plant extracts. The tetrazolium dye (XTT) assay revealed that, each plant extract exhibited a different anti-biofilm activity at the MIC value depending on the pathogen involved. Among the plant extracts tested, garlic extracts (fresh juice and powder) effectively reduced the metabolic activity of the cells of food-poisoning bacteria in biofilms. These anti-biofilm activities were consistent with the results obtained through light microscopic observation. Though the garlic extract reduced biofilm formation for all pathogens tested, to elucidate whether this reduction was due to antimicrobial effects or anti-biofilm effects, we counted the colony forming units of pathogens in the presence of the garlic extract and a control antimicrobial drug. The garlic extract inhibited the E. coli O157:H7 biofilm effectively compared to the control antimicrobial drug ciprofloxacin; however, it did not inhibit S. aureus biofilm significantly compared to ciprofloxacin. In conclusion, garlic extracts could be used as natural food preservatives to prevent the growth of foodborne pathogens and elongater the shelf life of processed foods.

This study was carried out to investigate the environment factors including community structure and soil characteristics in the wild habitats of Cephalotaxus koreana, and offers the basic information for habitats conservation and restoration. Most of the wild habitats were located at altitudes between 148~835 m with inclinations ranged as 12~32°. The average soil pH was 4.7~5.9, soil organic matter was 5.72~15.99%, cation exchange capacity was 14.1~19.9 cmolc/㎏-1 and exchangeable K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ was 0.25~0.48 cmolc/㎏, 0.79~6.68 cmolc/㎏, 0.31~1.73 cmolc/㎏, respectively. The dominant species of tree layer were found to be dominated by Quercus dentata in Jekbo-san (C1), Acer pictum in Bogae-san (C2), Acer pseudosieboldianum in Geumwon-san (C3), Q. serrata in Jiri-san (C4), Zelkova serrata in Baegun-san (C5), and Q. acutissima in Duryun-san (C6). The Species diversity (H’) was 0.854~1.234, evenness (J’) was 0.654~0.993, and dominance (D) was found to be 0.067~0.346. Correlation coefficients analysis based on environmental factors, community structure and value of species diversity shows that growth of Cephalotaxus koreana is correlated with species diversity and evenness. This result show that Cephalotaxus koreana habitats located in mature stands.

The natural environment plays an important role not only in ecological sustainability, but also in human health. Growing attention has been focused on the health benefits of natural environments with increasing scientific evidence in this field. Urban green space has positive effects on individual and community health; thus, it is considered as social infrastructure. The natural environment promotes mental health by relieving psychological stress and depression. Physical health can be improved by experiencing nature, which reduces physiological stress and boosts the immune system. Several international initiatives have been undertaken to improve our understanding in this field and to utilize these benefits for health promotion. Interdisciplinary approaches are needed to promote human health through the natural environment in the fields of science, education, planning and policy.

자연 환경의 영향에 의해서 선명한 영상정보를 수신하지 못할 경우 정밀한 알고리즘도 한계가 발생한다. 이러한 한계를 극복하기 위해서 다양한 CCTV카메라를 통해 자연환경 조건인 바람, 안개, 야간에 대해 테스트를 수행하여 수위감지에 가장 적절한 카메라를 선택하는 것이 수위 알고리즘 감지 성능을 향상 시킬 수 있다. 자연환경에 대한 성능저하 방지대책으로 하드웨어와 소프트웨어적인 방지대책을 보면, 먼저 H/W적인 영상보정방법으로는 Stabilizer 추가 장착, Defog 장비 추가 장착 및 Day&Night와 근적외선 카메라 설치 등 장비를 통한 바람, 안개, 야간 환경에 대한 보정방법이 있으며, S/W방법은 Stabilizer에 의한 바람에 대한 보정방법과 Defog에 의한 안개보정 그리고 DSS(Digital Slow Shutter)에 의한 야간 조도의 보정방법이 있다. 첫 번째, 바람에 대한 영상보정 방법으로 폭풍이나 바람이 심하게 불 때 카메라의 떨림에 의해서 영상을 분석하는데 성능이 떨어지게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 Stabilizer를 이용한 방법으로 하드웨어 영상보정기를 추가하여 영상의 흔들림을 보정해주는 방법과 흔들림 보정 알고리즘을 소프트웨어적으로 전처리에 의한 지능형 영상분석처리를 통한 전·후 영상으로 성능을 개선한다. 두 번째, 하천의 경우 안개가 발생하여 수위감지 성능에 영향을 줄 수 있다. 소프트웨어적으로는 Defog 기능을 구현하여 영상분석 전처리로 안개의 영상을 제거하고, 하드웨어적으로는 가시광선 영역보다는 파장이 길어 안개의 영향을 덜 받는 근적외선 카메라를 통해 좋은 품질의 영상을 획득 할 수 있다. 마지막으로 야간의 경우 조도가 약해지므로 수위감지 알고리즘에 영향을 미치게 된다. 이러한 문제를 개선하기 위해서는 물리적으로 조명을 비춰주는 방법이 있으나, 추가 설비가 필요하며 구축비용 및 전략 소모가 된다. 현재 대부분의 카메라에 DSS(Digitla slow shutter)라는 기능이 있어 조도가 약한 경우 Framerate를 낮추어 일정 수준의 이미지를 캡쳐가 가능하다. 수위감지 알고리즘의 경우 긴 시간동안의 물의 변화량을 관측하는 것으로 Framerate에 크게 영향을 받지 않으므로 DSS 기능을 통해 조도의 영향을 보상할 수 있다. 본 연구의 결론은 Day&Night 카메라에 근적외선 영역만을 받아들일 수 있도록 Filter를 사용하여 가시광선에서의 안개에 의한 영향을 줄이고, DSS를 이용하여 조도가 부족한 야간 환경에서 셔터의 스피드를 줄여 선명한 이미지를 가져 오도록 한다. 이와 같은 설정을 통해 선명한 이미지를 받아 수위감지 알고리즘의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있다고 판단된다.

본 연구는 유아원예프로그램이 유아의 자연친화적 환경태도, 과학적 태도, 과학적 탐구능력, 정서지능에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 경기도 일산의 H유치원의 만 5세 유아 25명을 대상으로 2009년 8월 25일부터 11월 13일까지 매주 1~2회, 회기 당 30~40분씩 총 14회에 걸쳐 유치원 교실과 옥상에 위치한 실외 텃밭에서 유아원예프로그램을 실시하였다. 본 연구에서 실시한 프로그램은 영·유아발달영역의 인지와 정서 영역에 기초하여 유치원교육과정의 탐구생활과 표현생활을 연계하여 개발하였다. 1회기~8회기까지는 식물을 직접 기르며 식물의 성장을 관찰하는 것과 자연 환경에 대한 학습 활동으로, 9회기~14회기까지는 자신과 또래, 그리고 환경에 대한 정서적 표현 활동으로 구성하였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 식물인 상추, 깻잎, 쑥갓은 생활 주변에서 쉽게 접할 수 있고, 기르기에 쉬운 식물로서 재배 시기와 재배 장소를 고려하여 선정하였다. 검사 도구로는 유아의 자연친화적 환경태도, 과학적 태도 및 과학적 탐구능력, 정서지능의 4가지 도구가 사용되었는데, 이는 프로그램의 사전과 사후에 실시되었다. 결과에서는 유아원예프로그램을 실시하기 전보다 실시한 후에 유아의 자연친화적 환경태도, 과학적 태도와 탐구능력, 정서지능의 향상에 효과가 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 유아교육 현장에서 원예교육이 체계적으로 그리고 지속적으로 이루어져야 할 필요성을 시사하고 있으며 또한, 이를 위한 교육 정책의 수립이 필요함을 제시하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다고 하겠다.

Unlike the interpretations of some scholars, John Wesley did not have a fundamentalist world view, in which faith ignores or isolates scientific truth, as most revivalists are thought to have. Wesley tried to learn, understand, and use newly introduced scientific knowledge, information, and development. He was so eager to inform his followers of scientific truth as to write his own Compendium of Natural Philosophy, and revised and published it several times. Wesley was more familiar with the term natural philosophy rather than natural science, and he thought he was doing philosophy as universal knowledge. It is, however, hard to say that Wesley was simply an advocate of scientism. Wesley accepted scientific realities in the world, and he thought that the task of science is to describe the measurable and experimental facts and their processes and history. Wesley expected that the original intents and goals of the facts would be answerable by theology. In this sense, Wesley pointed out that the spot to answer all questions beyond science is the starting point of theology. In his thought, science and theology are well balanced, harmonized, and helpful for each other. Firstly, Wesley argued that science is the ground of theology, and the basis of theology. He believed that knowledge of the natural world leads people to faith in and study of God, the Creator and the Provider. On the basis of science, Wesley expected to begin the theology of creation and providence. He did not try to explain the nooks and crannies of facts with the verses from the Bible, because he thought that the mystery and awe is also part of science. He had such an optimistic view of science that he published a book of medical treatments for his preachers. Secondly, for Wesley science could be a ground in his eschatology. Especially, that the old Wesley was interested in natural science shows his expectation for the future, the new heaven and earth, and preparation for his own death. All the things which are mysteries and puzzle us now, believed Wesley, will be explained, understood, and solved in the end. Finally, Wesley’s science implied ethical requirements. As a minister, he tried to persuade his people to be “stewards” keeping the created world and restoring the corrupted parts with God’s grace. Wesley himself got involved in such issues as slavery, education, and female participation in ministry. In this sense, his theology as well as science showed somewhat radical and advanced aspects which some contemporary readers might be hesitant to follow.

The objective of this research is to apply more scientific, quantitative methods and procedures of environmental investigation to the development of the natural environment and the improvement of the human environment during the establishment of a sewage treatment plant and special facilities using environmental accounting. This research was performed to develop a method of strategic environmental assessment on the operation of sewage treatment plant and reuse of shellfish seeding areas through the use of environmental accounting based on EMERGY evaluation. The result was applied to marine environment policy in order to evaluate the real wealth of the regional environment and economy for both the present phase and the proposed developed phase. Using results from the comparison of EMERGY indices between the present situation and future scenarios, cost benefit analysis was performed for three different scenarios: (1) construction of a new sewage treatment plant, (2) relocation and recovery of the shellfish seeding area , and (3) relocation and re-seeding of shellfish area and construction of a new sewage treatment plant. Cost-benefit ratios of the three scenarios are 1.88, 0.94, and 1.38, respectively.

The objective of this study is to propose the whole idealistical process for ecological area zoning based on the natural environment analysis. In order to draw out the ecological zoning, this study used the remote sensing, GIS method and field survey. As a result of this study showed that it was helpful in establishing development direction of Midong Mountain, minimizing the impact on environment by drawing out a development suitable land based on the objective standards and data and also preventing the misconduct development in advance.

A macroeconomic minimodel was simulated to analyze the effect of global exchange on the Korea's economy. The simulation results illustrate some of the consequences of public policy and some insight into current world problems. All computer simulation runs made under various conditions suggest that the Korea's system in the near future may be strongly influenced by the favorable availability of outside resources, while the national power and assets may be declined by indigenous environmental stock depletion. The borrowed capital allows the temporary money stock to increase and the national assets to grow faster and a little higher, as using up the environmental resources more quickly. Later, when the debt is paid off, the foreign exchange holdings may not go so high. For the environmentally sound and sustainable development, over 75% of total economic production should be invested to the natural resource management. Therefore, the economic structure of Korea should be transferred from the present industrial structure to social-economic structure based on ecological-recycling concept.

Sustainable development has been the key concept, both in economic policies and in environmental management. On the basis of an systems ecology perspective, this study suggests the sustainable development of Korea's natural environment and economic activity using the EMERGY evaluation. The total EMERGY use(7,730 E20sej/yr) in Korea is 81 percent from imported sources, fuels and goods and services. The ratio of outside investment to attracting natural resources is already large, like other industrialized countries. Continued availability of purchased inputs at a favorable balance of EMERGY trade, currently about 2.85 to 1 net EMERGY, is the basis for present economic activity and must decrease as the net EMERGY of purchased inputs including fossil fuels goes down. EMERGY yield ratio and environmental loading ratio were 1.23 and 20.30, respectively. The population level is already in excess of carrying capacity. Its carrying capacity for steady state on its renewable sources is only 2.2 million people, compared to 45.9 million in 1997. EMERGY sustainability index is therefore less than one, which is indicative of highly developed consumer oriented economies. Until now the development of a country has been achieved by the economic growth, but it can be sustained in the long run by the use of renewable resource systems, the efficiency of energy usage, and the transformation of the social-economic structure based on an ecological-recycling concept.

유용자원식물의 자생지 재배기술의 확립을 위한 기초자료를 얻고저 참취와 삼지구엽초의 자생지 식생 및 환경(생태 및 토양화학성분) 조사를 실시한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 참취자생지인 춘천 A. 연엽산 A 그리고 연엽산 B에서의 종수는 20, 26, 25종이었고 삼지구엽초 자생지인 춘천 B, 북방면 그리고 대룡산에서는 15, 32, 26종이었다. 참취 자생지의 우점종은 춘천 A, 연엽산 A, 연엽산 B에서 맑은대쑥, 애기나리, 실새풀 등이었으며 삼지구엽초의 자생지인 춘천 B, 북방면, 대룡산에서는 고사리, 맑은대쑥, 애기나리 등이 우점하였다. 2. 자생지의 토양산도는 4.5-5.3 범위였으며 유기물 함량은 1.59(춘천A)~5.5(연엽산 B)이었다. 암모니아태 질소 및 질산태 질소함량은 참취 자생지와 삼지구엽초 자생지 토양에서 평균 각각 0.0043mg/kg, 0.0025mg/kg이었다. 3. 자생지 토양의 NH4-N의 성분은 참취의 자생지의 토양성분이 삼지구엽초의 자생지 토양성분보다 약간 높은 수치를 보였다. 그밖의 성분의 차이는 크게 나타나지 않았다.