@article{PAR00011030,
  title = {{H}ydrological impact of war-induced deforestation in the {M}ekong {B}asin},
  author = {{L}acombe, {G}. and {P}ierret, {A}lain},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {V}ietnam {W}ar played a decisive role in the pre-1990s deforestation of the lower {M}ekong {B}asin, which in turn likely influenced regional broad-scale hydrology. {T}his note presents and discusses new analyses that strengthen this thesis. {A}lthough concurrent overestimation of discharge and underestimation of rainfall, a couple of years after bombing climaxed in the early 1970s, could theoretically explain the sharp rise in water yield previously attributed to bomb-induced deforestation, new observations suggest that bombing has durably modified the landscape: by 2002, degraded forests still largely overlapped with areas heavily bombed 30years earlier. {T}his corroborates observed long-term hydrological changes and suggests that warfare-induced deforestation has more profound and durable hydrological effects than previously thought.},
  keywords = {hydrological change ; deforestation ; data scarcity ; causal link ; {V}ietnam {W}ar ; {M}ekong ; {MEKONG} {BASSIN} ; {LAOS}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cohydrology},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {901--903},
  ISSN = {1936-0584},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1002/eco.1395},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00011030},
}