Crying Forests: Political Ecology in the DPRK

Author:   Liu Jinlong
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
ISBN:  

9789811697272


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   02 March 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Crying Forests: Political Ecology in the DPRK


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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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Author:   Liu Jinlong
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.278kg
ISBN:  

9789811697272


ISBN 10:   9811697272
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   02 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Preface. - Chapter 2. Physical, Economic and Institutional Setting. - Chapter 3. Major Environmental Issues. - Chapter 4. Land Use and Land Use Change. - Chapter 5. Forests and Forestry in the DPRK. - Chapter 6. Change of Forest Cover and Quality. - Chapter 7. History of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the DPRK. - Chapter 8. Afforestation and Reforestation. - Chapter 9. Agroforestry Development in the DPRK. - Chapter 10. From Afforestation to Forest Landscape Restoration in the DPRK: Gaps and Challenges. - Chapter 11. Forests, Energy, Food and Politics

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Liu Jinlong is a professor at Renmin University of China's School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development. He received his Ph.D in Rural Development Sociology  from the Wageningen University, He is Honourable Adjunct Professor in Hongkong University, and Adjunct Professor Wageningen University and Research, Seoul National University. His research fields include: Rural development, Forest Governance and Policy, nature resource management, and Environmental Governance. He is Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Forest Policy and Economic Division (Division 9), and member of Task Force of Indigenous and Local Knowledge of the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

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