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Environment - current issues Burma (Myanmar), in 34 editions.
The entry for Burma (Myanmar) published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 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
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Current issues” (1997 to 1998), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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1999 edition
Rewritten since 1998The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Entry published as “Burma”.
Published as “Environment”
- subject to destructive earthquakes and cyclones;
- flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September);
- deforestation
subject to destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September); deforestation
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Entry published as “Burma”.
Published as “Environment”
- subject to destructive earthquakes and cyclones;
- flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September);
- deforestation
subject to destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and landslides
common during rainy season (June to September); deforestation
Entry published as “Burma”.
The entry for Burma (Myanmar) did not include Environment - current issues.
Entry published as “Burma”.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation;
- industrial pollution of air, soil, and water;
- inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
- natural hazards:
- destructive earthquakes and cyclones;
- flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September);
- periodic droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83;
- signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: deforestation; industrial pollution of air, soil, and
water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
natural hazards: destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and
landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic
droughts
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Entry published as “Burma”.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation;
- industrial pollution of air, soil, and water;
- inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
- natural hazards:
- destructive earthquakes and cyclones;
- flooding and landslides common during rainy season (June to September);
- periodic droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83;
- signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea, Tropical Timber 94
current issues: deforestation; industrial pollution of air, soil, and
and water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to
disease
natural hazards: destructive earthquakes and cyclones; flooding and
landslides common during rainy season (June to September); periodic
droughts
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea Sea, Tropical
Timber 94
Entry published as “Burma”.
Published as “Environment - current issues”
- deforestation;
- industrial pollution of air, soil, and water;
- inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
Published as “Current issues”
- in a number of waves since October 1993, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the ethnic violence between the Hutu and Tutsi factions in Burundi and crossed into Rwanda, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire;
- since October 1996, an estimated 92,000 Burundi Hutus who fled to Zaire have been forced to return to Burundi by Tutsi rebel forces in Zaire, leaving an estimated 35,000 still dispersed there;
- in Burundi, the ethnic violence between the Hutus and the Tutsis continued in 1996, causing an estimated additional 150,000 Burundi Hutus to flee to Tanzania, thus raising their numbers in that country to about 250,000
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
deforestation; industrial pollution of
air, soil, and water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment
contribute to disease
in a number of waves since October 1993, hundreds of
thousands of refugees have fled the ethnic violence between the Hutu
and Tutsi factions in Burundi and crossed into Rwanda, Tanzania, and
Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire; since October 1996,
an estimated 92,000 Burundi Hutus who fled to Zaire have been forced
to return to Burundi by Tutsi rebel forces in Zaire, leaving an
estimated 35,000 still dispersed there; in Burundi, the ethnic
violence between the Hutus and the Tutsis continued in 1996, causing
an estimated additional 150,000 Burundi Hutus to flee to Tanzania,
thus raising their numbers in that country to about 250,000
Entry published as “Burma”.
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- deforestation;
- industrial pollution of air, soil, and water;
- inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
Published as “Current issues”
- in a number of waves since October 1993, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the ethnic violence between the Hutu and Tutsi factions in Burundi and crossed into Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zaire (now called Democratic Republic of the Congo);
- since October 1996, an estimated 92,000 Hutu refuguees have been forced to return to Burundi by Tutsi rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaving an estimated 35,000 still dispersed there;
- in Burundi, the ethnic violence between the Hutus and the Tutsis continued in 1996, causing an additional 150,000 Hutus to flee to Tanzania, thus raising their numbers in that country to about 250,000
deforestation; industrial pollution of
air, soil, and water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment
contribute to disease
in a number of waves since October 1993, hundreds of
thousands of refugees have fled the ethnic violence between the Hutu
and Tutsi factions in Burundi and crossed into Rwanda, Tanzania, and
Zaire (now called Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire; Congo); since October 1996,
1996, an estimated 92,000 Burundi Hutus who fled to Zaire Hutu refuguees have been forced
Burundi by Tutsi rebel forces in Zaire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
leaving anethnic
ethnic violence between the Hutus and the Tutsis continued in 1996, causing
causing an estimated additional 150,000 Burundi Hutus to flee to Tanzania,
their numbers in that country to about 250,000
Entry published as “Burma”.
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- deforestation;
- industrial pollution of air, soil, and water;
- inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
Rewritten: too little of the 1998 text remains to mark the changes.
deforestation; industrial pollution
of air, soil, and water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment
contribute to disease
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
Entry published as “Burma”.
- deforestation;
- industrial pollution of air, soil, and water;
- inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease
deforestation; industrial pollution
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
Entry published as “Burma”.
- deforestation;
- industrial pollution of air, soil, and water;
- inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease;
- rapid depletion of the country's natural resources
deforestation; industrial pollution of air, soil, and water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease disease; rapid depletion of the country's natural resources
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Burma (Myanmar): Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/burma/environment-current-issues.