탄소중립을 위한 「탄소흡수원 유지 및 증진에 관한 법률」의 보완 및 향후 과제

Carbon neutrality due to climate change is the most important policy issue not only in the international community but also in Korea. In order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, conversion and efforts are required in all areas of industry and society, but especially in forests, which are the only carbon sink in Korea and can be said to be responsible for an important axis of carbon neutrality. Korea has enacted and implemented the 「Act on Maintenance and Promotion of Carbon Sinks」 as the fastest carbon sink promotion law in the world. There have been many events related to forest carbon sinks, such as the ‘Paris Agreement’, the NDC submission, the 2050 carbon neutral scenario and the announcement of the 1st National Carbon Neutral Green Growth Basic Plan, and the REDD+ legislation enacted. Therefore, it is a very meaningful process to the present supplementary points to the current 「Act on Maintenance and Promotion of Carbon Sinks」 according to the changes and circumstances of the times, and to present the future tasks, not only to secure future forest carbon sinks overseas, but also to promote domestic forest carbon sinks. Therefore, the purpose of this study is not to find and improve the wrong part of the current law, but to complete the content in consideration of the domestic and foreign situation that has changed since the law was enacted, and to complete the basis for more effective and efficient policy making and implementation. The planning period of the “Comprehensive plan for the improvement of carbon sinks” under the current 「Act on Maintenance and Promotion of Carbon Sinks」 should be extended from 5 years to 20 years and the “Regional plan for the improvement of carbon sinks” should be established. For the development of the domestic forest carbon offset project, ‘forest’ and ‘mountainous district’ were accurately classified according to the law and manpower training plans were presented for the development of the REDD+ project.