Suk–Hwan Hong

Does forest management reduce wildfire severity? Evidence from 1050 plots in a South Korean Megafire

Increases in large wildfires are commonly attributed to climate change, an attribution well supported in summer-dry regions such as western North America. In the East Asian monsoon region, however, national fire trends have diverged under broadly similar warming: forest fire acti...

Management Regime and Wildfire Outcomes: Burn Severity and Post-Fire Recovery in a Korean National Park and a Pine-Dominated Managed Forest Burned Three Days Apart

Active management making forests more resistant to wildfire and more resilient afterwards is a widely held assumption that is rarely tested against comparable fires. In March 2023, two wildfires ignited three days and 54 km apart under the same synoptic weather in southern Korea,...