| dc.description.abstract | ... According to the table, the Forest area in Korea decreased while the Non-Forest area increased. Non-forest area includes paddy field, upland, marsh, miscellaneous areas, factory sites, pastures, roads, rivers, building sites, ditches, orchards, school sites, burial sites, and others. Meanwhile, the Indonesian forest area and non-forest area both decreased and increased throughout the five years. The lowest forest coverage was in 2019 (94,114,100 ha), and the highest coverage was in 2014 (95,766,400 ha). For non-forest, the lowest was in 2014 (91,985,500 ha) and the highest was in 2018 (94,225,700 ha).
In my opinion, the decrease in forested land and the increase in non-forested land in Korea happened due to the rise in population. The government converted forested areas to build more apartment buildings to accommodate the new generation. On the other hand, the ups and downs of forest and non-forested areas in Indonesia happened as a result of policy changes. There were production forests or social forest expansion, forest fires, agrarian reform, and so on. A larger country means more dynamics. ... | id |
