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Characteristics Of Deforestation In The Democratic People’S Republic Of Korea (North Korea) Between The 1980s And 2000s, Woonsup Choi, Sangjun Kang, Jinmu Choi, Joseph James Larsen, Chungweon Oh

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There has been a significant lack of land cover change studies in relation to deforestation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). The purpose of this study is to characterise deforestation in North Korea through land cover change trajectory and spatial analysis. We used three 30-m gridded land cover data sets for North Korea representing the conditions of the late 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, respectively, as well as a digital elevation model. We examined the land cover trajectories during the two decades, i.e. which land cover became which at the pixel level. In addition, we calculated topographic characteristics …