Flood Vulnerability and Deforestation: a case study of North Korea
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Flood Vulnerability and Deforestation: a case study of North Korea Date 2014. 2. 28. Input Paper Prepared for the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 Author: Soojeong Myeong Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change Korea Environment Institute
Table of ContentsIn Flood Vulnerability and Deforestation of North Korea 3 Flood Vulnerability and Natural Disasters 3 Deforestation in North Korea 5 Relationship between Flood and Deforestation 5 References 7
Introduction Forest ecosystems provide humans with diverse ecosystem services: water and air purification, food provision, ground water recharging, recreation services, biodiversity conservation, atmospheric carbon storing through photosynthesis, buffering functions against natural disaster, etc. The study on economics of ecosystem (Costanza et al., 1997; TEEB, 2010) showed the importance of natural ecosystems for the well-beings of humans in various ways. One of the primary concerns in climate change is dealing with natural disasters and extreme events such as flash flood and severe drought. IPCC (2012) stated that a changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of extreme weather and climate events, and can result in unprecedented extreme weather and climate events; it is likely that the frequency of heavy precipitation or the proportion of total rainfall from heavy falls will increase in the 21st century over many areas of the globe. Therefore, maximizing the ecosystem service of forest would greatly help to mitigate the climate related natural disasters and promote climate change adaptation. In addition, it would also help to uptake atmospheric carbon through photosynthesis process, thereby reducing the concentration of atmospheric carbon and thus greatly contributing to climate change mitigation. North Korea has been experiencing severe losses and damages from natural disasters, especially from floods for many years (Myeong et al., 2009, 2013). The major cause for the occurrence of flood could be the impact of climate change. However, deforestation activities can be one of the main culprits for flood damages. Since deforestation not only decreases the amount of carbon stored in the forest but also reduces ecosystem’s natural buffering function against flood. This study aims to examine the relationship between flood damage and forest cover in order to provide an insight for both climate change adaptation and mitigation. Directory: english -> hyogo -> gar -> 2015 english -> Hitler was a marionette He sacrificed his people and was sacrificed english -> The Image of God1 By Rav Chaim Navon english -> Portraits of Two Islamist Women: Escape from Freedom or from Tradition?1 english -> Hong kong human rights monitor report on 1998 Legislative Council Elections english -> Where Historians Disagree english -> Organization of american states english -> English programme subject in programmes for specialization in general studies 2015 -> The importance of schools in disaster risk reduction 2015 -> Title land Use Planning For Disaster Risk Reduction And Climate Change Adaptation: Operationalizing Policy And Legislation At Local Levels Download 134.88 Kb. Share with your friends:
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