North Korea launches second 10-year reforestation drive

North Korea launches second 10-year reforestation drive

North Korea announced a second 10-year reforestation campaign in April 2026, pledging to restore degraded forests across the country through 2035 — but satellite imagery analysis reveals structural limits that could undermine the effort without outside support. On April 1, the Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s state-run party newspaper, introduced the “Second 10-Year Reforestation Campaign,” declaring forest restoration a core national policy priorit…