Purpose of Research
○This study aims to find a forest policy direction to achieve carbon neutrality from the perspective of climate-smart forest management that increases climate benefits by creating a synergistic effect with carbon sequestration and other forest functions.

Research Method
○The study utilized statistical data, literature review, survey, and optimization model analyses; expert articles; and research councils.

○An expert survey to select climate-smart forest (CSF) indicators was conducted, and a network analysis to link these CSF indicators with ecological indicators was performed.

○The carbon absorption effect was derived for each scenario through a quantitative analysis. The baseline scenario assumes that current management practices and harvest levels will be maintained until 2050, the target period for achieving carbon neutrality, and that the flow and use of harvested timber will be managed similarly to the last five years (2015-2021).
○Scenarios related to forest management improvement include commonly known forest operations. Typically, forest operations include logging; afforestation; silviculture; activities to prevent natural and artificial forest damages, such as disaster prevention and forest conversion control; and wood product processing using harvested wood.

○Foreign carbon neutrality response policies are investigated through expert articles and on-site business trips. The overall carbon-neutral policies of Japan and Germany were investigated through expert articles, while the in-depth investigation of the timber industry revitalization policy was conducted through on-site visits to officials in Japan.

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