Crying Forests

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.

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.