War Remnants Museum, Vietnam ho Chi Minh City
20000 sq km of forest and farmland were lost as a direct result of the Vietnam War.
Disastrous methods involved the use of enormous bulldozers called 'Rome ploughs' to rip up the jungle floor. Flammable melaleuca forests were ignited with napalm. In mountain areas, landslides were deliberately created by bombing and spraying acid on limestone hillsides. Elephants were attacked from the air with bombs and napalm. By the war's end, extensive areas had been taken over by tough weeds (known locally as 'American grass'.
War Remnants Museum, Vietnam ho Chi Minh City
20000 sq km of forest and farmland were lost as a direct result of the Vietnam War.
Disastrous methods involved the use of enormous bulldozers called 'Rome ploughs' to rip up the jungle floor. Flammable melaleuca forests were ignited with napalm. In mountain areas, landslides were deliberately created by bombing and spraying acid on limestone hillsides. Elephants were attacked from the air with bombs and napalm. By the war's end, extensive areas had been taken over by tough weeds (known locally as 'American grass'.