주민이 직접 조사하는 생물다양성…시민과학자 기록 40여만 건
Residents Survey Biodiversity Themselves — Citizen Scientists Have Logged Over 400,000 Records
Part of the August 25, 2026 daily edition
기후에너지환경부 소속 국립생물자원관은 8월 21일부터 22일까지 소백산국립공원 일대에서 시민과학자의 생물다양성 관찰·기록 역량을 높이기 위한 합동조사를 연다고 8월 20일 밝혔습니다. 이 조사는 국립생물자원관이 2011년부터 추진 중인 ‘시민과학자 생물다양성 조사’ 사업의 일환으로, 거주지역 주민이 생활 주변의 생물을 직접 관찰하고 기록해 생태 연구와 생물다양성 보전에 활용하는 참여형 프로그램입니다. 매년 100여 명의 시민과학자가 참여합니다. 이번 행사에서는 전문가와 시민과학자, 대학생이 팀을 이뤄 식물·조류·곤충 등 10개 분류군을 관찰하고, 참여 대학생 31명은 분류군별 전문가의 전담 지도를 받습니다. 이 사업으로 지금까지 모은 생물정보는 40여만 건이며, 기후변화에 따른 생물 변화 예측 연구와 지방정부의 생태계교란생물 방제 활동 등에 쓰이고 있습니다. 올해는 수도권에 대량으로 나타난 붉은등우단털파리의 감시에 시민과학자의 관찰기록 187건이 활용됐습니다.
Translation
국립생물자원관, which belongs to 기후에너지환경부, announced on August 20 that it would hold a joint survey around Sobaeksan National Park from August 21 to 22, aimed at strengthening citizen scientists' ability to observe and record biodiversity. The survey is part of the 'citizen scientist biodiversity survey' programme that 국립생물자원관 has been running since 2011, a participatory programme in which residents observe and record the living things around them so the data can be used in ecological research and biodiversity conservation. About 100 citizen scientists take part each year. At this event, experts, citizen scientists and university students form teams to observe 10 taxonomic groups including plants, birds and insects, and the 31 participating students receive dedicated guidance from an expert in each group. The biological information gathered through the programme so far comes to more than 400,000 records, and it is used in research predicting how living things change with the climate and in local governments' control of ecosystem-disturbing species. This year, 187 observation records from citizen scientists were used in monitoring 붉은등우단털파리, an insect that appeared in large numbers in the capital region.
Vocabulary
- 생물다양성명사 (noun)biodiversity
- 시민과학자명사 (noun)citizen scientist
- 관찰하다동사 (verb)to observe
- 분류군명사 (noun)taxonomic group
- 보전명사 (noun)conservation, preservation
- 방제명사 (noun)control or extermination (of pests, harmful species)
- 일환명사 (noun)a part of (a larger effort)
- 활용되다동사 (verb)to be used, be put to use
Grammar points
-기 위해(서)in order to, for the purpose of
-기 위해(서) attaches to a verb stem and states a purpose. With a noun it becomes N을/를 위해. The adnominal form -기 위한 modifies a following noun, which is what this lesson uses: 역량을 높이기 위한 합동조사, a joint survey for raising that capacity. Government announcements are built almost entirely out of this pattern, because every measure is described by what it is for.
Example: 시민과학자의 관찰·기록 역량을 높이기 위한 합동조사를 엽니다.
They are holding a joint survey to strengthen citizen scientists' ability to observe and record.
N 등N and others, such as N
N 등 closes a list while saying the list is not complete. It appears twice here and does real work both times: 식물·조류·곤충 등 10개 분류군 says those three are examples out of ten, and 방제 활동 등 says control work is one use among others. Drop 등 in a translation and the sentence claims more than the source did.
Example: 식물·조류·곤충 등 10개 분류군을 관찰합니다.
They observe 10 taxonomic groups including plants, birds and insects.
-(으)며and (joining two clauses in writing)
-(으)며 joins two clauses and belongs to written Korean; in speech people say -고 instead. It can mean 'and also' or 'while doing', and news writing uses it to pack two facts into one sentence without a full stop. Use -며 after a vowel or ㄹ (모으며) and -으며 after other consonants (먹으며). Here it links the size of the archive to what the archive is used for.
Example: 생물정보는 40여만 건이며, 여러 연구와 방제 활동에 쓰이고 있습니다.
The biological information comes to more than 400,000 records, and it is used in various studies and control work.
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