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A United States Air Force craft spraying defoliant in Vietnam.. The Vietnam War had a major and long-lasting impact on the environment of the countries affected. The environment of Vietnam was severely degraded by the use of defoliants, bombing and other military activities. [1]
Environmental issues in Vietnam are numerous and varied. This is due in part to the effects of the Vietnam War, and also because of Vietnam's rapid industrialization following the economic reforms in 1986 known as Doi Moi, amongst other reasons.
As of 2005, 12,931,000 hectares (the equivalent of 39.7% of Vietnam's land cover) was forested, although only 85,000 hectares (0.7% of the land cover) was primary forest, the most biodiverse form of forest. Vietnam’s forest recovery is a notable success story, with forest cover increasing in recent decades after a period of extreme deforestation.
The US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin, composed of members of the Aspen Institute, Vietnam National University, and Vietnam Veterans Association, is the most notable example of this civic response. Long-term programs and continued check-ups on the state of current plans to address Agent Orange are heavily monitored.
Then the Vietnam war ended up being pretty much a disaster,” Wawro said. Along with the political climate. “We got into it by presidents who were trying to posture as being tough on communism.
Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. Largely inspired by the British use of chemicals 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D ( Agent Orange ) during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust".
As many as 2 million civilians, 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers and 1.1 million enemy soldiers were killed during the Vietnam War. More than 58,300 American soldiers died or went missing in action.
Environmental impact of the Vietnam War; V. 2016 Vietnam marine life disaster This page was last edited on 14 October 2024, at 22:01 (UTC). ...