Youn Yeo-Chang

TL;DR: The first public product of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is its Conceptual Framework as discussed by the authors, which will underpin all IPBES functions and provide structure and comparability to the syntheses that will produce at different spatial scales, on different themes, and in different regions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report that deforestation in many parts of the world continues at an alarming pace, the result of agricultural conversion for agricultural conversion, and the people who depend on them are under enormous pressure worldwide.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the perceptions of people in forest-dependent communities towards forest conservation, and determined which policy interventions would be most appropriate for motivating local people to participate in forest conservation.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between availability of forest resources and income of residents in mountainous villages was addressed with statistical analysis of results of household surveys conducted in Gangwon-do Province.

TL;DR: In this article, different knowledge systems for natural resources management in the Cordillera as practiced by the people with different beliefs, culture and traditions are described. And the authors showcase different resource conserving experiences in these cultures like muyong and ala-a systems of the Ifugaos; lapat among the Isneg and Tingguians; inum-an, gen-gen, day-og, balkah, kinebbah, tuping and pamettey of the Ikalahans.