RT Report T1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea: State of the Environment Report A1 South Korea, PB United Nations Environment Programme SN 92-807-2144-5 YR 2003 FD 2003 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9690 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9690 NO The objectives of the DPR Korea State of the Environment ( SoE) report are: identify the key environmental issues that act as barriers to attain sustainable development, and provide policy settings and options that can be undertaken to offset any negative environmental trends. Five priority key environmental issues have been identified by the Government of DPR Korea through the consultative process following the UNEP guidelines. The five priority issues are (1) forest depletion, (2) water quality degradation, (3) air pollution, (4) land degradation, and (5) biodiversity. The Pressure-State-Impact-Response (P-S-I-R) framework analysis has been used to evaluate the five environmental issues. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 23, 2026