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Table 4 Forest sector budget unit prices (Korea Forest Service, 2018)

From: Application of integrated Korean forest growth dynamics model to meet NDC target by considering forest management scenarios and budget

Forest tending works design, audit review, and business execution guidelines Unit: KRW/ha (USD/ha)

Mowing and vine removal

Tending of young growth

Reforestation

(pruning + thinning + installation and selection of working roads)

Collecting of products

Basic design implementation and design supervision

1,370,968

(1,142)

1,153,379

(961)

1,453,936

(1,212)

17,947,395

(14,956)

127,321

(106)

Felling and bucking costs and primary transport cost

Personnel expense + sawing machine expense + gas and oil expenses = 252,696 KRW/day

(USD/day)

Division

Pinus densiflora

Pinus koraiensis

Larix kaempferi

Other coniferous forests

Other

broad-leaved forests

Felling and bucking cost

KRW/m3

(USD/m3)

18,622

(16)

16,356

(14)

19,246

(16)

27,084

(23)

20,747

(17)

Primary transportation cost in mountainous KRW/m3

(USD/m3)

21,939

(18)

20,508

(17)

20,508

(17)

20,508

(17)

21,939

(18)

Reforestation unit price of major species of trees

KRW/ha

(USD/ha)

Pinus

densiflora

Pinus koraiensis

Larix

kaempferi

Quercus variabilis

Quercus mongolica

6,176,827

(5147)

6,474,693

(5396)

6,072,753

(5061)

6,288,078

(5240)

7,269,601

(6058)