New Mandala

For those of you interested in the sometimes arcane debates that occasionally break out on New Mandala on the relationship between forests and catchment hydrology, here is an interesting article. It examines the relationship between land cover, soil moisture and run-off in the Mekong basin. The results are based on a “macro-scale hydrologic model.” I won’t go into [...]

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From time-to-time I get asked, “So Nich, what are the longest threads of comments on New Mandala?” 
With that question in mind, the following list, current as of today, may be of interest to readers, new and old, who are looking to chew over some of the more contentious issues in mainland Southeast Asia.
And do feel [...]

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