National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of DPR Korea 2007. Country/Territory Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Document type Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen., Fisheries, Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural development Agricultural land Biodiversity Sustainable development Ecological production/organic production Ecosystem preservation Protected area Protection of habitats Fishery management and conservation Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Endangered species Ex-situ conservation Protection of species Geographical area Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) of DPR Korea is a cross-sectoral policy document. The long-term objectives of the national biodiversity strategy are: 1.to enhance the conservative ability of protected areas including nature reserves and to establish protected area networks; 2.to make efforts to conserve ecosystem, species and genetic resources and establish the system for sustainable use of biodiversity components. The immediate objectives are: 1. to restore degraded ecosystems, halt the deterioration of ecological environment, reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity components and improve the whole ecological environment; 2. to improve the management of nature reserves for raising the effectiveness of the system; 3. to increase bio-productivity and service function of ecosystem and establish the system for the sustainable use of bio-resources. Full text English