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Environment of North Korea

Index Environment of North Korea

The environment of North Korea comprises the diverse ecosystems of the part of the Korean peninsula controlled by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. [1]

41 relations: Alpine tundra, Bar-tailed godwit, BBC, DDT, Deforestation, East Asian–Australasian Flyway, Eurasian curlew, Far Eastern curlew, Flora of North Korea, Freshwater ecosystem, Geography of North Korea, Global warming, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Hwanghae Province, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Kaesong, Kim Il-sung University, Korean Central News Agency, List of parties to the Kyoto Protocol, Marine ecosystem, Miranda Naturalists' Trust, Mundok County, Myohyangsan, Nampo Dam, North Korea, North Korean famine, Paris Agreement, PBS, Pinophyta, Pyongyang, Red-crowned crane, Reuters, South Pyongan Province, Taedong River, Taiga, The Atlantic, Transport in North Korea, United Nations Environment Programme, Vascular plant, Vertebrate, Yellow Sea.

Alpine tundra

Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high altitude.

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Bar-tailed godwit

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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DDT

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochlorine, originally developed as an insecticide, and ultimately becoming infamous for its environmental impacts.

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Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

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East Asian–Australasian Flyway

The East Asian–Australasian Flyway is one of the world's great flyways.

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Eurasian curlew

The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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Far Eastern curlew

The Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew, but slightly larger.

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Flora of North Korea

The flora of North Korea has much in common with that of other areas of the northern hemisphere.

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Freshwater ecosystem

Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems.

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Geography of North Korea

North Korea is located in east Asia on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula.

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Global warming

Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.

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Hanns Seidel Foundation

The CSU-associated Hanns Seidel Foundation (Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung) is a German party-associated and taxpayer-money funded political researchfoundation.

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Hwanghae Province

Hwanghae (Hwanghae-do) was one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Kaesong

Kaesong or Gaeseong is a city in North Hwanghae Province in the southern part of North Korea, a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty.

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Kim Il-sung University

Kim Il-sung University, founded on 1 October 1946, is the first university built in North Korea.

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Korean Central News Agency

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea.

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List of parties to the Kyoto Protocol

As of June 2013, there are 192 parties to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which aims to combat global warming.

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Marine ecosystem

Marine ecosystems are among the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems.

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Miranda Naturalists' Trust

The Miranda Naturalists' Trust is a charitable trust, that established and maintains the Miranda Shorebird Centre, located at Miranda on the western shore of the Firth of Thames on the North Island of New Zealand.

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Mundok County

Mundŏk County is a ''kun'' (county) in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.

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Myohyangsan

Myohyang-san ("Mysterious Fragrant Mountain") is a mountain in North Korea.

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Nampo Dam

The Nampho Dam or West Sea Dam, also known as the West Sea Barrage, is a tidal barrage located 15 km west of the special city of Nampho, North Korea.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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North Korean famine

The North Korean famine, which together with the accompanying general economic crisis are known as the Arduous March or The March of Suffering (고난의 행군) in North Korea, occurred in North Korea from 1994 to 1998.

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Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement (Accord de Paris) is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance starting in the year 2020.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Pyongyang

Pyongyang, or P'yŏngyang, is the capital and largest city of North Korea.

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Red-crowned crane

The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Manchurian crane or Japanese crane (the Chinese character '丹' means 'red', '頂/顶' means 'crown' and '鶴/鹤' means 'crane'), is a large East Asian crane among the rarest cranes in the world.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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South Pyongan Province

South Pyongan Province (Phyŏngannamdo) is a province of North Korea.

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Taedong River

The Taedong River (Chosŏn'gŭl: 대동강) is a large river in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

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Taiga

Taiga (p; from Turkic), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Transport in North Korea

Transport in North Korea is constrained by economic problems and government restrictions.

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United Nations Environment Programme

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an agency of United Nations and coordinates its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices.

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Vascular plant

Vascular plants (from Latin vasculum: duct), also known as tracheophytes (from the equivalent Greek term trachea) and also higher plants, form a large group of plants (c. 308,312 accepted known species) that are defined as those land plants that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant.

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Vertebrate

Vertebrates comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata (chordates with backbones).

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Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea or West Sea is located between China and Korea.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_of_North_Korea

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