{"product_id":"book-9791158139711","title":"한국의 문화림","description":"Cannot go all Cultural Korean Forest in our lifetime The Korean peninsula encompasses 221,000 km2, 45% of which makes up the Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korea). About 20% of the total land area in the ROK is used for agriculture while forests cover 63%. Korea has atemperate climate characterized by four distinct seasons. The seasons change gradually but each has a significant seasonal characteristic. Spring and autumn are relatively short while summer and winter are rather long. With high temperature and humidity, summer begins in June and lasts until August accompanied with monsoon typhoons and rains. Winter is dry and cold due to the northwesterly winds sweeping down from Siberia. An annual average temperature is 12~14˚C in the central region. Annual mean rainfall ranges from 600mm to 1,800mm with seasonal distribution and region. The rainy season begins in late June and lasts approximately 30 days.\u003cbr\u003e\nSouth Korea is covered by temperate vegetation. Two thirds of the country are characterized by mountainous areas which has in time shaped cultural differences among differing regions. Each region has a variety of forested landscapes influenced by local culture. For this reason, Korea has long since been called Keumsukangsan, a land of beautiful scenery.\u003cbr\u003e\nDespite of forest dominated landscape, there is a lack of information introducing such forests that is publicly available to foreigners. In this respect and also considering Korea’ role in hosting the WFC(World Forestry Congress) in 2022, it was deemed appropriate to publish a book to address such a purpose and occasion. In response, the Society for Forests and Culture (SFC) is ultimately responsible for the publication of this book. \u003cbr\u003e\nSince its foundation in 1992, the SFC has taken advantage of its collective knowledge and experiences, and comprehensively compiled the resulting accumulation of data obtained from the society’ regular visits throughout the country’ diverse range of forests. The forests introduced in this book are those representing the local culture and climate of a region most frequently visited by Koreans. 100 forests were screened from a pool of candidate forests which share one of the following characteristics: over 1ha in size, registered as natural monument and local cultural heritage, over 60 years old, varying in composition of species, containing cultural or historical significance, and unique to the local region.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe 100 forests are categorized into six themes according to their features: Village Guardians, Sacred Temple Forests, Keepers of Royal Tombs, Culture and History Makers, Land Steward and Special Mission Forests, and warm temperate forests. But for the convenience to go forests, we classified by regional province. Each forest is introduced on the basis of its name, location, area, major species, forest structure, and ecological and cultural features, even short explanation in Korean for the guide or helping Korean \u003cbr\u003e\npeople.\u003cbr\u003e\nSFC sincerely thank all the participants for their research, site visits and writing of manuscripts, and Koominsa Publisher for the layout. SFC also wish to express our deep appreciation to Professor Late Kwang-Il Tak for his endeavor in translation and Ms. Mackenzie Sillem for her meticulous proofreading. \u003cbr\u003e\nSFC also thank Chun-Yong Lee, editor, for revising sentences and captions, changing to recent pictures.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe wish this book will help readers to better understand forests and culture in Korea.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48987066827004,"sku":"9791158139711","price":42.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/4681\/9068\/files\/9791158139711.jpg?v=1776381679","url":"https:\/\/bookstore12.com\/products\/book-9791158139711","provider":"Bookstore 12","version":"1.0","type":"link"}