Preparedness for Emergency WASH Response The Red Cross Society of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK RCS) is enhancing preparedness for emergency water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) response to cope with the natural disasters that can occur during the rainy season this year. The DPRK RCS reconfirmed the list of trained volunteers who will be mobilized for emergency WA ...
River Improvement During the general mobilization period for land administration this spring, a large number of Red Cross staff and volunteers across the country have actively taken part in the river improvement projects to protect their places and communities from flooding. The staff of the Red Cross branches, together with the officials of disaster risk management bodies of respective areas, ...
Tree Planting and Love for Native Land Spring tree planting is dynamically carried out as a mass movement in the DPRK. The Red Cross branches across the country are working hard on planting good species of trees alongside the roads and rivers and on the mountains. They, in cooperation with the local land management bodies, give technical guidance to the RC volunteers and youth members so t ...
Spring Tree-Planting is Brisk In cooperation with the local land management bodies, the Red Cross branches at all levels have drawn up the tree-planting plans on the basis of climate and soil conditions. RC volunteers and youth members were involved in various activities including maintenance of roads and rivers and planting good species of trees on mountains around villages on the occasion of ...
Role of Trees in Climate Change Mitigation Trees play a positive role in mitigation of climate change by absorbing methane in the air. According to research results, trees can absorb up to 10% of methane in the air. Researches also indicate that rain forests and broadleaf trees in the temperate zones and tropical forests can absorb more methane than needle-leaf trees in the northern zone. ...