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Environment - current issues Belgium, in 34 editions.
The entry for Belgium published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 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 4 editions, 1990 to 1993.
Published as “Environment”
air and water pollution
air and water pollution
The entry for Belgium did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, polluted from steel production wastes;
- other rivers polluted by animal wastes and fertilizers;
- industrial air pollution contributes to acid rain in neighboring countries
- natural hazards:
- flooding is a threat in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: Meuse River, a major source of drinking water,
polluted from steel production wastes; other rivers polluted by animal
wastes and fertilizers; industrial air pollution contributes to acid
rain in neighboring countries
natural hazards: flooding is a threat in areas of reclaimed coastal
land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine
Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, polluted from steel production wastes;
- other rivers polluted by animal wastes and fertilizers;
- industrial air pollution contributes to acid rain in neighboring countries
- natural hazards:
- flooding is a threat in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
current issues: Meuse River, a major source of drinking water,
polluted from steel production wastes; other rivers polluted by animal
animal wastes and fertilizers; industrial air pollution contributes
to acid
natural hazards: flooding is a threat in areas of reclaimed coastal
land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine
Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -
Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
- Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, polluted from steel production wastes;
- other rivers polluted by animal wastes and fertilizers;
- industrial air pollution contributes to acid rain in neighboring countries
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
Meuse River, a major source of drinking
water, polluted from steel production wastes; other rivers polluted by
animal wastes and fertilizers; industrial air pollution contributes to
acid rain in neighboring countries
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, polluted from steel production wastes;
- other rivers polluted by animal wastes and fertilizers;
- industrial air pollution contributes to acid rain in neighboring countries
Meuse River, a major source of drinking
water, polluted from steel production wastes; other rivers polluted by
animal wastes and fertilizers; industrial air pollution contributes to
acid rain in neighboring countries
Published as “Environment--current issues”
the environment is exposed to intense
- pressures from human activities:
- urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, intense animal breeding and crop cultivation;
- air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries;
- uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have impeded progress in tackling environmental challenges
Rewritten: too little of the 1998 text remains to mark the changes.
the environment is exposed to intense
pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation
network, industry, intense animal breeding and crop cultivation; air
and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring
countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional
responsibilities (now resolved) have impeded progress in tackling
environmental challenges
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, intense animal breeding and crop cultivation;
- air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries;
- uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have impeded progress in tackling environmental challenges
the environment is exposed to intense
- the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, intense animal breeding and crop cultivation;
- air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries;
- uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, intense animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have impeded slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
The same text in 5 editions, 2003 to 2007.
- the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation;
- air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries;
- uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, intense extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
The same text in 8 editions, 2008 to 2015.
- the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation;
- air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries;
- uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) had slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have had slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
The same text in 9 editions, 2016 to 2024.
- intense pressures from human activities:
- urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation;
- air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries
the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) had slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges countries
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Belgium: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/belgium/environment-current-issues.