Our university's Department of Forestry, Environment, and Systems research team ‘Zeroming’ (alumnus Lim Do Hyeok '16, Kim Bi Chui, Kim Jeong Hwa, and Yoo Han Song, Class of 2024) was selected as an outstanding activity team in the Research and Investigation category for the ‘Net Zero Friends 3rd Cohort’ program, hosted by the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth 2050. They received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award at an awards ceremony held at the Government Complex Seoul on December 9.

Through the ‘Net Zero Friends 3rd Cohort’ activities conducted over seven months starting in May this year, the research team studied current issues related to carbon neutrality and trends in various fields.

They received high praise for their work titled ‘Estimating Net Primary Production Loss in 2025 Gyeongbuk Wildfire-Affected Areas Using Satellite Imagery and the CASA Model,’ which combined deep learning-based wildfire damage analysis with a Tier 3-level carbon behavior model (CASA). The primary reason for the award was their comprehensive approach: integrating clinical/vegetation damage, topographic characteristics, satellite imagery indices, and solar radiation/temperature data from a spatial weather model to quantitatively present net primary production losses by type.

Professor Kang Wan Mo, the advisor, stated, “This research is highly significant as it calculated carbon loss due to disasters by integrating various forest environment data analysis techniques, including remote sensing, deep learning, spatial meteorology, and carbon behavior modeling.” He added, “It can serve as crucial foundational data in setting national greenhouse gas reduction targets and establishing restoration roadmaps.”