Impact of global climate change and desertification on the environment and society in Southern Centre of Vietnam : final report
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Authors
Gobin, Anne
Hai, Le Trinh
Ha Linh, Pham
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Biological sciences
Subject
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Audience
Policy-Oriented
Scientific
Date
2013Publisher
Brussels : Federal Science Policy, 2013
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Vietnam is one of the countries in South-East Asia that is severely affected by climate change. The country has about 21 million hectares of agricultural and forest land, and the surface affected by drought is approximately 9.34 million hectares (approx. 45%) of the total agricultural land. Of these, about 7.8 million hectares (or approx. 30% of the total country’s agricultural and forest land) are severely degraded. Desertification and drought mainly occurs in the Southern part of Central Vietnam, including the provinces of Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan, and Khanh Hoa, which cover about 300,000 hectares.
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Report
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Language
eng