North Korea Logging In United Nations Forest Preserve
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 19:01
in Earth & Climate
Using NASA satellite data and Google Earth, a Purdue University researcher has found evidence that North Korea is logging in the Mount Paekdu Biosphere Reserve, a 326,000-acre forest designated by the United Nations as a protected forest preserve. Mount Paekdu - together with an adjacent biosphere in China - has the world's highest plant biodiversity in a cool, temperate zone and is the habitat for many wildlife species, including the endangered Siberian tiger. Since many researchers are unable to visit North Korea, the research was conducted using remote sensing data. Results were published in Biological Conservation. read more