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rapid population growth pressuring the environment; overharvesting of timber, expansion of cattle grazing, and slash-and-burn agriculture have resulted in deforestation and soil exhaustion; civil war depleted natural resources; overfishing
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/b_mp.html
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... poor nation with tremendous inequality in income distribution. While it possesses substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources, its physical and social infrastructure is not well developed, and serious social disorders continue to ...
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/e_ec.html
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industrial pollution; limited natural fresh water resources; limited land availability presents waste disposal problems; seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia
www.exxun.com/Singapore/b_mp.html
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... Most manufactured goods and petroleum products must be imported. The islands are rich in undeveloped mineral resources such as lead, zinc, nickel, and gold. Prior to the arrival of the Regional Assistance ...
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/e_ec.html
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IDPs: 1.1 million (civil war since 1988, clan-based competition for resources) (2007)
www.exxun.com/Somalia/i_ti.html
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party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/b_mp.html
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South Africa is a middle-income, emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange that is 17th largest in ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/e_ec.html
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... on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (limits sealing); Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (regulates fishing) note: many nations (including the US) prohibit mineral resource exploration and exploitation south ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
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... estimated fishing from the area covered by the Convention of the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which extends slightly beyond the Southern Ocean area). International agreements were adopted in late ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/e_ec.html
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... to any IHO Member State whose government has acceded to the Antarctic Treaty and which contributes resources and/or data to IHO Chart coverage of the area; members of HCA are Argentina ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/g_tr.html
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... Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous ...
www.exxun.com/Spain/b_mp.html
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... erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/b_mp.html
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... 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous ...
www.exxun.com/Sweden/b_mp.html
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... the most important crop, but this sector is burdened with debt and an obsolete infrastructure. Mineral resources include silver, gold, uranium, and tungsten. Industry consists only of a large aluminum plant, hydropower ...
www.exxun.com/Tajikistan/e_ec.html
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... and generating jobs for young people entering the work force. The development of oil and gas resources in offshore waters has begun to supplement government revenues ahead of schedule and above expectations ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
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limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/b_mp.html
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Tokelau's small size (three villages), isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people rely heavily on aid from New Zealand - about ...
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/e_ec.html
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... the leading Caribbean producer of oil and gas, and its economy is heavily dependent upon these resources but it also supplies manufactured goods, notably food and beverages, as well as cement to ...
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/e_ec.html
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toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
www.exxun.com/Tunisia/b_mp.html
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... is a largely desert country with intensive agriculture in irrigated oases and large gas and oil resources. One-half of its irrigated land is planted in cotton; formerly it was the world ...
www.exxun.com/Turkmenistan/e_ec.html
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limited natural fresh water resources, private cisterns collect rainwater
www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/b_mp.html
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