Contradictory hydrological impacts of afforestation in the  humid tropics
evidenced by long-term field monitoring and simulation modelling

Lacombe, Guillaume; Ribolzi, Olivier; de Rouw, Anneke; Pierret, Alain; Latsachak, Keoudone; Silvera, Norbert; Pham Dinh, Rinh; Orange, Didier; Janeau, Jean-Louis; Soulileuth, Bounsamai; Robain, Henri; Taccoen, Adrien; Sengphaathith, Phouthamaly; Mouche, Emmanuel; Sengtaheuanghoung, Oloth; Tran Duc, Toan; Valentin, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2691-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2691-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2691-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 7

Research article

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08 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 08 Jul 2016

Contradictory hydrological impacts of afforestation in the humid tropics evidenced by long-term field monitoring and simulation modelling

Guillaume Lacombe, Olivier Ribolzi, Anneke de Rouw, Alain Pierret, Keoudone Latsachak, Norbert Silvera, Rinh Pham Dinh, Didier Orange, Jean-Louis Janeau, Bounsamai Soulileuth, Henri Robain, Adrien Taccoen, Phouthamaly Sengphaathith, Emmanuel Mouche, Oloth Sengtaheuanghoung, Toan Tran Duc, and Christian Valentin

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RC C6884: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Feb 2016
RC C6890: 'reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Feb 2016
AC C6949: 'Authors' responses to the two anonymous referees' comments', Guillaume Lacombe, 05 Mar 2016
RC C6966: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 10 Mar 2016
- AC C7005: 'Author's response to anonymous referee #3', Guillaume Lacombe, 28 Mar 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (19 Apr 2016) by Graham Jewitt

AR by Guillaume Lacombe on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 May 2016) by Graham Jewitt

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (06 Jun 2016)

ED: Publish as is (07 Jun 2016) by Graham Jewitt

AR by Guillaume Lacombe on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2016)

Short summary

Laos and Vietnam have switched from net forest loss to net forest expansion between 1990 and 2015. Based on long-term field measurements of land use, river flows, and weather data, we demonstrate that forest expansion can have extreme, yet opposite, impacts on water resources, depending on how the newly established tree-based cover is managed. The conversion of annual crops to teak plantations in Laos or to naturally regrowing forests in Vietnam led to increased and decreased flows, respectively.