Development and evaluation of wetland sustainability index for Binae Wetland, Korea

초록

Wetlands play a crucial role in maintaining human life and ecosystems. In order to conserve and manage wetlands in a quantitative way, their sustainability needs to be evaluated. With this background, this study assessed the sustainability of the Binae wetland, located along the Namhan River, Korea. More specifically, we developed a wetland sustainability index (WSI), taking into account water environments, hydrometeorological factors, and the plant and animal habitats in the wetland area. Sustainability of the Binae wetland was assessed based on the WSI, which showed favorable results in general. The wetland was expected to have high sustainability in water environments and hydrometeorological factors, a moderate or low sustainability for plant habitat, and very low sustainability for animal habitat. Therefore, it can be concluded that more attention and management efforts need to be paid to the wetland's animal habitats to make the region more sustainable.

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