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Régimen de Compensación de Carbono Forestal de Corea del Sur (FCOS)

South Korea · Daejeon · See the South Korea profile

El Servicio Forestal de Corea (KFS) gestiona desde 2013 este régimen de carbono forestal vinculado al Sistema Nacional de Comercio de Emisiones (K-ETS), que permite a los propietarios forestales generar créditos verificados mediante seis metodologías aprobadas, incluyendo gestión forestal, revegetación y conversión evitada; más de 200 proyectos registrados en 2018.

Metodologías aprobadas

200+

Proyectos registrados (by 2018)

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Korea Forest Service (KFS)
Period: 2013-present
Keywords: Forest, carbon, temperate, sequestration, K-ETS

Context

El Esquema de Compensación de Carbono Forestal del Servicio Forestal de Corea, integrado en el Sistema Nacional de Comercio de Emisiones (K-ETS) desde 2013, permite a propietarios forestales generar créditos verificados mediante seis metodologías aprobadas, incluyendo gestión forestal, revegetación y conversión evitada.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
Korea Forest Service (KFS) — accessed 2026-06-21
MDPI Forests – Net Revenue of FCOS Projects in the K-ETS (2021) — accessed 2026-06-21
ResearchGate – Perspectives of Private Forest Owners in South Korea FCOS — accessed 2026-06-21

Quality score: 53/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 27% in this catalogue (335 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced3/3

Over 200 registered projects since 2013 generate verified credits under six KFS-approved methodologies tradeable as compliance units in the Korea Emissions Trading Scheme.

Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced1/3

Forest management and revegetation improve native habitat across temperate forests, but biodiversity outcomes are not a measured payment criterion under any FCOS methodology.

Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control1/3

Reforestation and forest management deliver watershed co-benefits across Korea's 63%-forested landscape, but hydrological services are not quantified or rewarded under the scheme.

Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced0/3

Wildfire risk reduction is not addressed by any of the six approved FCOS methodologies.

Governance, certification & transferability3/3

Statutory under the Low Carbon Green Growth Act; KFS maintains a public registry; verification follows government-approved methodologies; credits are enforceable units in the K-ETS compliance market.

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Evidoria. Régimen de Compensación de Carbono Forestal de Corea del Sur (FCOS). Persistent ID: 7844806b-e61c-4ce9-b003-7390e4b6fd59.

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