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50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine

  • Written by Pamela McElwee, Professor of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
image During the Vietnam War, the U.S. bombed and defoliated vast areas of forest and protective mangroves.AP Photo

When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted...

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