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Once flourished across the Korean Peninsula, Amur leopard (Panthera pardus oritentalis) vanished from South Korea in late 20 century, and only 70 individuals survive in China-Russian border in a brink of extinction. With its ecological and cultural importance, its reintroduction to South Korea has been discussed. However, the reintroduction of large carnivores demands a considerable amount of time, money and human resources with handful successes and thus needs a careful and systematic approach in the planning. In our study, we used the Open Standard for the Practice of Conservation to identify biophysical indicators which help to assess the feasibility of the leopard restoration in South Korea. For the three conservation targets, Amur leopards, leopard prey, and habitat, of the restoration, we selected key ecological attributes for respected targets. Then, we identified one to four indicators for each key ecological attribute and 12 biophysical indicators in total based on the Amur leopard reintroduction program in the Russian Far East. The indicators include the number of breeding females for the population size of the leopards, roe deer density for major prey density, and connectivity for the habitat fragmentation. The viability assessment based on the indicators revealed a good ecological potential of the leopard restoration as well as uncertainties from research gaps. Although not all necessary information is available at this moment, our study provides a good starting point to understand the requirement of Amur leopard restoration in South Korea. Follow-up research is needed to focus on information gaps found during this study.

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• Anya Lim [ Devison of Ecosystem Services & Research Planning, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon 3657, Republic of Korea ] Corresponding Author
• Arlyne Johnson [ Wildlife Conservation Society, Lao PDR Program, Vientiane, LaoPDR ]

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• 간행물명

  강원대학교 산림과학연구소 학술대회

• 간기

  부정기

• 수록기간

  2017~2024

• 십진분류

  KDC 526 DDC 634