| Forest Function | 2014 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation Factor (Category) | Evaluation Factor (Subcategory) | Evaluation Factor (Category) | Evaluation Factor (Subcategory) | |
| Timber production | Growth Factor | Site Index(terrain, soil depth, moisture content, soil texture, slope, elevation, deposition pattern, aspect, compactness, parent material, climatic zone, and organic matter content) | Resource Integrity | Forest type(Forest origin, Forest type, Species, volume), Site(Soil Productivity Class) |
| Management Factor | Slope, Road Access, Distance to Sawmill | Management Efficiency | Slope, Road Accessibility, Mountain Trail Accessibility, Urban Accessibility | |
| Water supply | Vegetation Factor | Forest type, Stand age, Crown-density | Drought and Flood Mitigation | Forest type(Forest type, DBH class, Crown-density), Site(Soil Depth, Soil Texture, Soil Type, Parent Rock, Slope Form), Terrain(Aspect, Terrain Position Index) |
| Site and Weather | Soil Depth, Precipitation, Slope, Soil Texture, Compactness, Soil type, Aspect, Parent Material, Elevation | Water Quality Purification | Watershed Accessibility, Lake/Reservoir Accessibility | |
| Disaser prevention | Landslide Hazard Map | Proportion of Area in Grade 1 and Grade 2 within the Evaluation Unit | Landslide Prevention | Landslide Hazard Rating |
| Prevention of Forest Fire Spread | Forest Fire Vulnerability Map, Road Accessibility | |||
| Coastal Protection | Coastal Accessibility | |||
| Forest recreation | Vegetation Factor | Stand age, Forest type, Crown-density, Forest origin | Landscape Resources | Accessibility to Top 100 Mountains, Mountain Ridge Accessibility |
| Site and Weather | Slope, Elevation, Watershed (Valley) | Market Access | Potential Demand Population, Accessibility to Highway Interchanges | |
| Accessibility Factor | Road accessibility, Market access, and Scale | Inducement | Forest Recreation Facilities Accessibility, Historical and Cultural Heritage Site Accessibility | |
| Living envrionment conservation | Vegetation Factor | Forest origin, Stand age, Forest type, Crown-density | Mitigation of Urban Heat Island Effect | Lake/Reservoir Accessibility |
| Site and Weather | Slope, Elevation | Improvement of Air Quality | Green Infrastructure Ratio | |
| Accessibility Factor | Distance to residential areas | Urban Environment Improvement | Urban Accessibility, Urban Population Ratio | |
| Natural environment conservation | ※ The naatural envrionment conservation function applies legal factors without conducting a functional evaluation. Public utility forest lands (including natural parks, cultural heritage protection areas, temple forests, development restricted areas, conservation greenbelts, wildlife sanctuaries, ecosystem conservation areas, wetland protection areas, Baekdu Daegan protection areas, sacred forests, forest conservation areas, mountain protection zones, designated areas, and other public utility forest lands) | Biodiversity | Wildlife Assessment, Wetland Assessment | |
| Ecological Environment | Habitat Suitability | |||