North Koreans plant trees to prevent landslides

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NORTH KOREA: TREES SOURCE: AP TELEVISION RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 4.05 South Pyongan Province, Songchon County - November 7, 2011 1. Wide of a boy student carrying seedlings. 2. Wide of students digging holes. 3. Close up of a boy student shovelling. 4. Close up of a spade. 5. Wide of people and students planting trees. 6. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Sok Chol, Chairman of the Red Cross Committee of Songchon county, South Pyongan Province " From today until the 12th, we intend to plant trees over an area of more than twenty hectares. We plant trees to prevent landslides, and reforest the land." Ungok district, Songchon County, South Pyongan province - 8 August 2012 7. Wide of destroyed homes 8. Mid of residents sitting in doorway of building 9. Various of destroyed homes Unpho-ri, Songchon County, South Pyongan province - 8 August 2012 10. Mid of river bank that was partly washed away by flood, damaged crops South Pyongan Province, Songchon County - November 7, 2011 10. Wide of meeting for Red Cross Youth Campaign for Autumn Tree Planting 11. Various shots of students and members of IFRC and embassy staff members standing at meeting 12. Wide of a board with text in Korean: "Long-term plan for the combined management of forestry and agriculture at Phaeul and Ryonghungchon in the centre of Songchon County". 13. Various of people and students listening to instructions about how to plant trees. 14. Mid and tilt up of seedlings to be planted. 15. Wide and pan left of people climbing up a hill to plant trees. 16. Wide of students and people going to plant trees. 17. Wide of people and students planting trees. 18. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Myon Gap, forestry officer. "The trees we are planting today are black alders. The specific features of this tree are that it is an evergreen regardless of winter and summer. It will protect the soil from landslides and it has a great economic value." 19. Wide of the Jim Dawe, head of the delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in North Korea planting trees with students. 20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jim Dawe, head of the delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in DPRK "Well I mean tree planting is very important. It prevents flooding and agro-forestry produces food at the same time. So it is building for the future. " 21. Mid and tilt up of seedlings being planted. 22. Mid and zoom out to wide of seedlings planted. 23. Wide of people and students posing for a souvenir photograph. South Pyongan province - 30 July 2012 24. Various of flooding LEAD IN The Red Cross is helping North Korea to plant trees in an attempt to stave off the worst effects of heavy rain and flooding. It's an effort to protect the environment and people's livelihoods in a country where many have a daily struggle to survive. STORYLINE: North Koreans are sowing seeds here to prevent the kind of disaster that this area suffered, just a few months ago. Songchon County, in South Pyongyan Province, close to the capital Pyongyang, was hit by heavy rain in July, causing widespread damage. More than 5,000 households in the province were affected, according to local authorities. The rain and flooding is an annual threat, but it's been made worse in recent years because slopes have been stripped of trees, leaving them susceptible to landslides. A local Red Cross official, Kim Sok Chol, explains that this tree planting effort mobilizes the local population to try to improve their environment: " From today until the 12th, we intend to plant trees over an area of more than twenty hectares. We plant trees to prevent landslides, and reforest the land." ==== You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c010f7a8cdfd4f9b3b074280b5741e8a Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork