Human-Environment Interactions

North Korea is a developing nation that has raw materials and resources such as coal, iron, copper, and zinc, but until recently, most of the economic activity in North Korea was primary. The country has made efforts to become more reliant on secondary and tertiary activities, but cannot even support itself agriculturally. North Korea has entered a sort of downward spiral in that their ecosystems are in horrible shape, but the country is not rich enough to spend much money on conservation and restoration efforts. So, farmers use whatever methods they can find to get food out of the poor soil, which, in turn, causes more damage to the ecosystem.

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