Outline
In 1468, King Sejo - the seventh king of the Joseon Dynasty designated a forest as the royal family grave site in which he would be buried and planted red pines, Korean pines and fir trees along the entrance of the forest. In 1911, most of the forest with the exception of the grave area was designated as the experimental forest. In 1912, an experimental nursery and an experimental site were set up in the forest. Since then, the Gwangneung Experimental Forest has played a key role in developing silvicultural technologies.
Location
Growing stock by Forest type
Namyangju city, Pocheon city and Yangju city, Gyeonggi-do province
Area : 1,098 ha- Artificial forest (50.4%) : 554 ha
- Natural forest (49.6%) : 544 ha
| Area(ha) | Proportion(%) | Dominant tree species | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coniferous Forest | 560 | 51.0 | Pinus densiflora , Pinus koraiensis, Abies holophylla, Larix kaempferi , etc. |
| Deciduous Forest | 366 | 33.3 | Quercus serrata , Carpinus laxiflora , Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Acer triflorum, etc. |
| Mixed Forest | 172 | 15.7 | Pinus densiflora and Carpinus laxiflora, Pinus and Quercus spp., etc. |
| Total | 1,098 | 100 |
| Total | Coniferous forest | Deciduous forest | Mixed forest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing Stock(㎥) | 304,552 | 178,860 | 77,654 | 48,038 |
| Proportion(%) | 100 | 58.7 | 25.5 | 15.8 |
| Growing Stock(㎥)/ha | 277 | 319 | 212 | 279 |
Major activities in the Gwangneung Experimental Forest
01 Developing seedling production and silvicultural technologies for restoration
02 Developing forest practices for the increase of forest value
03 Developing technologies for the efficient production of large diameter timber
04 Developing mechanization technologies for enhancing wood and biomass productivity
05 Developing forest road planning and building technologies for the preparation of domestic timber production 06 Monitoring of the long-term change of forest ecosystems
- 01Production of container seedlings of red pine
- 02Forest tending technologies focused on the increase in carbon sink capacity
- 03Establishment of a multi-layer forest
- 04Pulling logs from the forest using of tower yarder
- 05A wooden structure for slope stabilization and erosion control
- 06Designing and building of erosion control dams
- 06-1A flux tower for monitoring the long-term change of forest ecosystems