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[email protected] Web site: www.iufro.org International Union of Forest Research Organizations Union Internationale des Instituts de Recherches Forestières Internationaler Verband Forstlicher Forschungsanstalten Unión Internacional de Organizaciones de Investigación Forestal IUFRO World Series Vol. 20-II Keep Asia Green Volume II “Northeast Asia” Edited by Don Koo Lee AKECOP ISSN 3-901347-55-0 ISBN 978-3-901347-76-4 IUFRO, Vienna 2007 Recommended catalogue entry: Keep Asia Green Volume II “Northeast Asia”, 2007. Don Koo Lee (editor) IUFRO World Series Volume 20-II. Vienna, p. 170 ISSN 3-901347-55-0 ISBN 978-3-901347-76-4 Cover photos: 1. Birch grove, Russia 2. Terelj National Park, Mongolia 3. Forest land degradation in Mongolia Photos by Victor Teplyakov, Alexander Buck, J. Tsogtbaatar Published by: IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, 2007 © 2007 AKECOP, Yuhan-Kimberly and IUFRO Available from: IUFRO Headquarters Secretariat c/o Mariabrunn (BFW) Hauptstrasse 7 1140 Vienna Austria Tel.: +43-1-8770151-0 Fax: +43-1-8770151-50 E-mail:
[email protected] Web site: www.iufro.org Price: EUR 20.- plus mailing costs Printed by: Okchon, Seoul 121-801, Republic of Korea TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 5 Rehabilitation of Degraded Forest Lands in Northeast Asia - A Synthesis 7 Michael Kleine and Don Koo Lee Forest Rehabilitation in Mainland China 15 Bin Wu, Zhiqiang Zhang and Lixia Tang Forest Rehabilitation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 45 Ho Sang Kang, Joon Hwan Shin, Don Koo Lee and Samantha Berdej Forest Restoration in Korea 55 Joon Hwan Shin, Pil Sun Park and Don Koo Lee Accomplishment & Challenges of Japan’s Reforestation: 81 140 Years of History after the Meiji Restoration Nagata Shin Forest Rehabilitation in Mongolia 91 J.