Crying Forests

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This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis on social, economic, and political issues to understand why Forests in the Democratic People's Republic of Korean have been so severely deforested. Deforestation and forest degradation issues in the DPRK has been highlighted as an important international political issue, which has been intervening with food security issues and energy issues, and it's hard to discover the way out. The DPRK provides a unique case to international community that illustrate why the forests issue is so complex, illuminating the issues of declining forest coverage that beset developing nations around the world. This book will interest political scientists, conservation ecologists, and journalists.

Liu Jinlong is a professor at Renmin University of China's School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, and Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO's Forest Policy and Economic Division.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis on social, economic, and political issues to understand why forests in the Demacratic People's Repblican of Korean have been so severely deforested. Deforestation and forest degradation issues in the DPRK has been highlighted as an important international political issue, which has been intervening with food security issues and energy issues, and it's hard to discover the way out. The DPRK provides a unique case to international community that illustrate why the forests issue is so complex, illuminating the issues of declining forest coverage that beset developing nations around the world. This book will interest political scientists, conservation ecologists, and journalists.

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Liu Jinlong

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Rehabilitation Deforestation Forest Degradation Development Food Security

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“The case of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s forest policy is a particular concern to both Koreans as the deforestation in DPRK has been recognized as a problem to the sustainability of Korean society at large. This book describes the forestry situation in DPRK observed by a foreign scholar who visited the courntry many times. The author indentified the underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation in DPRK by analysis based on his direct observations in the field. The author describes the status of forests, forestry practices, changes in land use and socio-economic conditions. He describes also the conditions of environment in DPRK including soil erosion and biodiversity loss. He addresses the consequences of deforestation and forest degradation on the livehood of people in DPRK, in a simpathic way.” (YOUN Yeo-Chang, Professor Emiretus, Seoul National University, South Korea)
“Deforestation and forest degradatoin has been an issue to many people who are concerned about the state of global environment and sustainability of human civilization. This book presents the challenges of forest restoration which is a concern for sustainable development not only of DPRK but also other countries in particular of developing world. The lessons learnt from his study on forestry in DPRK can be useful for policy development for forest restoration and international cooperation for sustaiable world. This book is an important contribution to forestry policy study, in particular for those concerned about international co-operation project for environmental conservation in DPRK.” (Dr. Wil De Jong, Professor Emiretus, Kyoto University, Japan)

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