South Korea

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Natural environment

The country's rapid industrialization and high population density have taken a severe toll on the environment. to the point where national parks can no longer be considered natural ecosystems.[1] Today South Korea's temperate forests cover about 65% of the land[2]

  1. Korea's National Parks: Disgrace to Nature Conservation, Chosun Ilbo, 2000-07-2.
  2. Geography, Korea Forest Service, date accessed: 2009-02-08.