waste heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions www.exxun.com/Jamaica/b_mp.html
waste ... the main environmental priorities are improvement of drinking water quality and sewage system, household, and hazardous waste management, as well as reduction of air pollution; in 2001, Latvia closed the EU accession ... www.exxun.com/Latvia/b_mp.html
waste inadequate supplies of potable water; pollution of Majuro lagoon from household waste and discharges from fishing vessels www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/b_mp.html
waste scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural fresh water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial ... www.exxun.com/Mexico/b_mp.html
waste inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing www.exxun.com/Palau/b_mp.html
waste deforestation; water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal pose health risks for many urban residents; loss of wetlands www.exxun.com/Paraguay/b_mp.html
waste ... deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; groundwater contamination from toxic waste; urban solid waste management; abandoned stocks of obsolete pesticides www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
waste 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
waste Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and ... www.exxun.com/Slovenia/b_mp.html
waste ... 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
waste air pollution; water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal www.exxun.com/Taiwan/b_mp.html
waste In late 1999, about 70% of the economic infrastructure of Timor-Leste was laid waste by Indonesian troops and anti-independence militias. Three hundred thousand people fled westward. Over the next three ... www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
waste 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
waste ... the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015 www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/b_mp.html
waste water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal www.exxun.com/Uruguay/b_mp.html
waste ... the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/b_mp.html
wasteful ... picked up by the wind and blown into noxious dust storms; pollution in the Caspian Sea; soil pollution from overuse of agricultural chemicals and salination from poor infrastructure and wasteful irrigation practices www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/b_mp.html
wasteland strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa www.exxun.com/Djibouti/b_mp.html
wasteland ... plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources www.exxun.com/Nauru/b_mp.html
wasteland flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/b_mp.html
Wastes party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation www.exxun.com/Afghanistan/b_mp.html
Wastes party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements www.exxun.com/Albania/b_mp.html
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