| Overview : Ecosystem management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction issues are strongly interlinked in DPRK. Addressing environmental sustainability in the DPRK context requires a strong focus on the impact of climate change and the interplay between environmental degradation and extreme weather events. The project aims to minimize the negative impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on the livelihood of local community and improve community capacity and awareness for environment protection, sustainable management and utilization of natural resources as well as disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. The project strategy has therefore been designed to focus on ecosystem-based adaptation strategies such as sustainable watershed forest management, as well as sustainable land management in agriculture to reduce soil erosion and runoff and to improve water retention, promote sustainable natural resource management and livelihoods. UNDP’s strategy for ecosystem-based adaptation[1] has the objective to maintain and enhance the beneficial services provided by natural ecosystems in order to secure livelihoods, food, water and health, reduce vulnerability to climate change, store carbon and avoid emissions from land use change and forestry | 
