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Environment - current issues Azerbaijan, in 32 editions.
The entry for Azerbaijan published Environment - current issues in 32 editions of 34, from 1992 to 2024. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 8
- the first edition with it
- 1992
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1992 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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2024 edition
Same as 2023The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
local scientists consider Apsheron Peninsula, including Baku and Sumgait, and the Caspian Sea to be "most ecologically devastated area in the world" because of severe air and water pollution
local scientists consider Apsheron Peninsula, including Baku and Sumgait,
and the Caspian Sea to be "most ecologically devastated area in the world"
because of severe air and water pollution
The entry for Azerbaijan did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron) Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution;
- soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
- natural hazards:
- droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising levels of the Caspian Sea
- international agreements:
- signed,
- but not ratified - Biodiversity,
- Climate Change
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron)
Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the
ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air,
water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of DDT
as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production
of cotton
natural hazards: droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising
levels of the Caspian Sea
international agreements: signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity,
Climate Change
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron) Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution;
- soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
- natural hazards:
- droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising levels of the Caspian Sea
- international agreements:
- party to - Climate Change; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity
current issues: local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron)
Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the
the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air,
air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use
of DDTas a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production
production of cotton
natural hazards: droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising
levels of the Caspian Sea
international agreements: party to - Climate Change; signed, but not
ratified - Biodiversity, Biodiversity
Climate Change
- local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron) Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution;
- soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
current issues: local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron)
(Apsheron) Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea
to bethe ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe
severe air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use
use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the
production of cotton
natural hazards: droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising
levels of the Caspian Sea
international agreements: party to - Climate Change; signed, but not
ratified - Biodiversity
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron) Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution;
- soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
local scientists consider the Abseron
(Apsheron) Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea
to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of
severe air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the
use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the
production of cotton
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution;
- soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
local scientists consider the Abseron(Apsheron) Peninsula Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the
Caspian Seato be the ecologically most devastated area in the world
because ofsevere air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollution
results from theuse of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic
defoliants used in theproduction of cotton
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution;
- soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
local scientists consider the AbseronYasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and theCaspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the worldbecause of severe air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollutionresults from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxicdefoliants used in the production of cotton
The same text in 5 editions, 2002 to 2006.
- local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution;
- soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT as a pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, soil, and soil water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT as a pesticide pesticide, and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
The same text in 11 editions, 2007 to 2017.
- local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution;
- soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT as a pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution;
- soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton;
- surface and underground water are polluted by untreated municipal and industrial wastewater and agricultural run-off
local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton cotton; surface and underground water are polluted by untreated municipal and industrial wastewater and agricultural run-off
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Azerbaijan: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1992–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/azerbaijan/environment-current-issues.