{"id":36427,"date":"2018-06-19T09:38:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T00:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=36427"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:23:06","slug":"north-korean-authorities-export-fell-trees-to-china-to-buy-fertilizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-authorities-export-fell-trees-to-china-to-buy-fertilizer\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean authorities export fell trees to China to buy fertilizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36433 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/DSCF1063-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/DSCF1063-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/DSCF1063-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/DSCF1063-696x522-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/DSCF1063-696x522-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/DSCF1063-696x522-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean authorities have been implementing a reforestation initiative by forcibly mobilizing residents to participate in tree-planting projects along highways and railway tracks. Counter-productively however, the authorities are also carrying out logging operations and shipping trees for sale to China. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a telephone call with Daily NK on June 7, an inside source from Ryanggang Province said, \u201cExtensive logging operations are being conducted in the deep mountainous regions of Paekam County, Unhung County, and Pochon County. The purpose is to sell the trees in China and use the profits to buy fertilizer.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, after Kim Jong Un delivered his New Year\u2019s Address, the country\u2019s agricultural problems were discussed and efforts were focused on dealing with the nation\u2019s chronic fertilizer shortages. Logging exports were identified as a means to generate the revenue needed to import fertilizer. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loggers all over the country have been ordered to assist in the procurement of fertilizer and other materials needed for the agricultural sector. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the Paekam County region, the remaining bald cypress trees have been marked for logging. They are being converted to lumber and shipped out. It\u2019s possible to generate 2,000 RMB (approx USD $310) per cubic meter of wood,&#8221; he said, adding that in<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0some cases, vehicles are dispatched from China and filled up with lumber. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Chinese vehicles are bigger, so they can carry about 15 cubic meters of wood. There are some days when we will be loading up the trees into as many as 30 Chinese vehicles,\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe residents involved in the operations sigh as they watch the trees being carried far away, leaving the mountainside bare. If there were a lot of trees, it wouldn\u2019t be so bad, but it\u2019s especially disappointing because the last remaining trees are getting chopped down.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A separate source in Ryanggang Province reported that some residents are criticizing the authorities\u2019 \u2018reforestation initiatives.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to this source, one resident said, \u201cThe party stresses reforestation, and is planting trees with one hand, but is cutting them down with the other. How long will these kinds of counterproductive policies continue? It\u2019s very unfortunate.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s possible for some to believe that it\u2019s justifiable to exchange decades-old giant trees for fertilizer, but from the perspective of ordinary residents, it\u2019s really frustrating. The people should be taken out of poverty, but realistically few expect any improvement,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-railwayside-reforesta\/\">Daily NK recently reported that residents have been ordered to mobilize for reforestation efforts along highways and railway tracks<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Korean authorities have been implementing a reforestation initiative by forcibly mobilizing residents to participate in tree-planting projects along highways and railway tracks. 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