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Being repositories of biodiversity, national parks provide more ecosystem services than other areas with different land uses. It is time to establish assessment systems for the core of national ecosystem services - national parks - and implement national plans by expanding the value of national park-oriented ecosystem services and sustainable use to improve ecosystem services. This research was conducted for 13 months from March 2017 to March 2018. To evaluate the value of ecosystem services provided by national parks, a review of preceding studies, a field investigation and expert workshops were conducted, and evaluation criteria and indices were selected. Establishing the standard for this, an evaluation system for national parks’ ecosystem services was developed and tested for Bukhansan National Park. As a result, 14 evaluation criteria and 19 indices were drawn by considering the characteristics of national parks and re-adjusting through colloquiums and expert workshops based on the 21 criteria and 38 indices in the “Evaluation Index for Korean National Ecosystem Services” published by the National Institute of Ecology in 2016. Relevant data to evaluate two criteria for supplying services, seven for adjusting services, and five for cultural services were collected, the characteristics of Bukhansan National Park were reflected, and indices applicable to regional units were finally selected. For a valuation of each function of ecosystem services, market price method, replacement cost method, contingent valuation, averting expenditure methods and hedonic pricing were employed. It is expected that the research results can be useful for establishing management and mid- and long-term plans to secure the sustainability of ecosystem services of national parks and increase their value in the future, improving people’s awareness of the importance of ecosystem preservation, and providing basic materials for education and promotions.