In a legal act published on Thursday, the European Commission said the law would categorise goods imported from Belarus, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia as a "high risk" of fuelling deforestation.

Between 2001 and 2024, total tree cover loss in North Korea was 293kha. Deforestation in North Korea is primarily driven by permanent agriculture. Between 2001 and 2024, 57.4kha of tree cover was lost ...

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North Korea, Myanmar, and Russia – as “The real baddies”. The bloc is preparing to label just four countries as high risk for deforestation – sparing major commodity exporters like Brazi ...

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North Korea also has suffered extensive deforestation as a result of poor agricultural practices. This has resulted in topsoil erosion and landslides, further reducing agricultural production.

The U.S. was the only country voting against a United Nations resolution calling for more sustainable forests worldwide and battling deforestation and joined Russia, North Korea and Belarus in ...

Flooding is not uncommon in North Korea. In fact, seasonal rains and monsoons have made floods a yearly affair, according to Mr Kang. Such floods are exacerbated by major deforestation in its ...

Commodities from just four countries will face the strictest checks under the European Union's anti-deforestation law, with ...