Participatory agroforestry development for restoring degraded sloping land in DPR Korea

Xu, Jianchu; Noordwijk, Meine van; He, Jun; Kim, Kwang-Ju; Jo, Ryong-Song; Pak, Kon-Gyu; Kye, Un-Hui; Kim, Jongsik; Kim, Kwon-Mu; Sim, Yong-Nam; Pak, Je-Un; Song, Ki-Ung; Jong, Yong-Song; Kim, Kwangchol; Pang, Chol-Jun; Ho, Myong-Hyok

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“…However, the area of farmland per capita is only 0.015 ha. In 2003, the Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection (MoLEP) of DPR Korea initiated a pilot demonstration project on Sloping Land Management (SLM) to integrate agroforestry with ecological restoration and food security [15]. …”

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“…Our study, however, shows that there has been clear evidence of a forest transition since 2001, where net deforestation in the1990s changed to net reforestation through afforestation and agroforestry. The increase in forest area is mainly through plantations undertaken by the Forestry Board, as well as agroforestry development through Sloping Land User Groups [15]. The pace and magnitude of this forest transition depends to a large extent, however, on local livelihood development and policies for self-sufficiency in food and rural energy.…”

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Deforestation and Changes in Landscape Patterns from 1979 to 2006 in Suan County, DPR Korea

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Abstract:The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) suffered considerable upland deforestation during the 1990s, yet its consequences remain relatively unknown. This paper examines this deforestation and resulting land-use change patterns by analysis of Landsat satellite images from 1979, 1992, 2001 and 2006 in Suan County, Hwanghae Province, DPR Korea. Results show that there has been significant closed canopy forest loss and a dramatic expansion of agricultural land during this period. Most forestlands were converted to farmland during 1992 and 2001. Food shortages, along with fuelwood and timber extraction, are considered to be the main drivers of deforestation. Landscape analysis also showed that closed canopy forests have been severely fragmented and degraded. These research findings make a contribution to an insufficient body of literature on environmental issues in DPR Korea and helps to establish a baseline for monitoring land-use and land-cover changes in the country.

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Deforestation and Changes in Landscape Patterns from 1979 to 2006 in Suan County, DPR Korea

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“…In North America and Europe, it often aims to sustain the forest as a functioning ecosystem that conserves biodiversity (Aerts and Honnay 2011). In developing countries, participatory planning aims to manage and conserve natural stands and agroforests to provide basic food and regular income (German et al 2006;Reij et al 2009;Xu et al 2012;Sacande and Berrahmouni 2016).…”

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Native and non-native species for dryland afforestation: bridging ecosystem integrity and livelihood support

Reisman‐Berman

Keasar

Tel-Zur

2019

Annals of Forest Science

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& Key message We propose a silvicultural-ecological, participatory-based, conceptual framework to optimize the socioeconomicecological services provided by dryland afforestation, i.e. addressing the limited resources in arid areas while minimizing the harm to the environment. The framework applies the following criteria to select multifunctional tree species: (a) drought resistance, (b) minimal disruption of ecosystem integrity, and (c) maximization of ecosystem services, including supporting community livelihoods. & Context Dryland afforestation projects frequently aim to combine multiple ecological and economic benefits. Nevertheless, plant species for such projects are selected mainly to withstand aridity, while other important characteristics are neglected. This approach has resulted in planted forests that are drought-resistant, yet harm the natural ecosystem and provide inadequate ecosystem services for humans. & Aims We suggest a comprehensive framework for species selection for dryland afforestation that would increase, rather than disrupt, ecological and socioeconomic services. & Methods To formulate a synthesis, we review and analyze past and current afforestation policies and the socio-ecological crises ensuing from them. & Results To increase afforestation services and to support human-community needs, both native and non-native woody species should be considered. The framework suggests experimental testing of candidate species for their compliance with the suggested species selection criteria. Furthermore, regional stakeholders are involved in evaluating, ranking, and prioritizing the candidate species according to experimental results and stakeholders' values and needs. We exemplify our approach by describing our ongoing research project, aimed to evaluate several native and exotic Ziziphus species in the Middle East region. & Conclusion The employment of our proposed framework forms a novel community of native and non-native woody species. We discuss the ecological context of this proposal.

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“…An important reason for deforestation in North Korea is that food shortage has driven farmers into remote mountain areas where they secretly create their own private plots to grow food, in the process cutting or burning the natural tree cover. A key feature of the Swiss-North Korean project is that it works with local communities whose members have created illegal private plots, allowing them to continue farming the land on condition that they adopt new recommended soil conservation practices (Xu et al 2012).…”

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The Social Sciences in the Asian Century

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2015

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Participatory agroforestry development for restoring degraded sloping land in DPR Korea

Cited by 28 publications

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Deforestation and Changes in Landscape Patterns from 1979 to 2006 in Suan County, DPR Korea

Deforestation and Changes in Landscape Patterns from 1979 to 2006 in Suan County, DPR Korea

Native and non-native species for dryland afforestation: bridging ecosystem integrity and livelihood support

The Social Sciences in the Asian Century

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