Deforestation in Vietnam

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The use of Agent Orange caused significant deforestation during the Vietnam War.

According to a 2005 report conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Vietnam has the second highest rate of deforestation of primary forests in the world, second only to Nigeria.[1][needs update] The use of defoliants during the Vietnam War had a devastating and long-lasting impact on the country's forests and ecology,[2] affecting 14-44% of total forest cover, with coastal mangrove forests being most affected.[3]

However, regarding total

primary forest, the most biodiverse form of forest.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Butler, Rhett A. "Nigeria has worst deforestation rate, FAO revises figures" Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. mongabay.com. November 17, 2005.
  2. JSTOR 1295667
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  3. Mongabay Environmental News
    . 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  4. ^ Patrick Meyfroidt, Eric F. Lambin (2008). "Forest transition in Vietnam and its environmental impacts." Global Change Biology 14 (6), pp. 1319–1336.
  5. ^ "Vietnam Deforestation Rates and Related Forestry Figures". Mongabay. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
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