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Environment - current issues Cayman Islands, in 34 editions.
The entry for Cayman Islands 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), “Current issues” (1997 to 1998), “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”
within the Caribbean hurricane belt
within the Caribbean hurricane belt
The entry for Cayman Islands did not include Environment - current issues.
The same text in 1995 and 1996.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- no natural fresh water resources, drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
- natural hazards:
- hurricanes (July to November)
- international agreements:
- NA
within the Caribbean hurricane belt current issues: no natural fresh water resources, drinking water
supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
natural hazards: hurricanes (July to November)
international agreements: NA
Published as “Environment - current issues”
no natural fresh water resources, drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
Published as “Current issues”
- in 1996 the Central African Republic experienced three mutinies by dissident elements of the armed forces which demanded back pay as well as political and military reforms;
- continuing violence in 1997 between the government and rebel military and civilian groups over pay issues, living conditions, and lack of opposition party representation in the government has destroyed many businesses in the capital, reducing tax revenues and exacerbating the government's problems in meeting expenses
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
no natural fresh water resources,
drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
in 1996 the Central African Republic experienced three
mutinies by dissident elements of the armed forces which demanded back
pay as well as political and military reforms; continuing violence in
1997 between the government and rebel military and civilian groups
over pay issues, living conditions, and lack of opposition party
representation in the government has destroyed many businesses in the
capital, reducing tax revenues and exacerbating the government's
problems in meeting expenses
Published as “Environment-current issues”
no natural fresh water resources, drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
Published as “Current issues”
In 1996, the Central African Republic experienced three mutinies by dissident elements of the armed forces, which demanded back pay as well as political and military reforms. Continuing violence in 1997 between the government and rebel military groups over pay issues, living conditions, and lack of opposition party representation in the government has destroyed many businesses in the capital, reducing tax revenues and exacerbating the government's problems in meeting expenses.
no natural fresh water resources,
water supplies must be met by rainwater catchmentin 1996 In 1996, the Central African Republic experienced three
three mutinies by dissident elements of the armed forces forces, which
demanded backreforms; continuing reforms.
Continuing violence inand civilian groups
groups over pay issues, living conditions, and lack of opposition party
party representation in the government has destroyed many businesses
in thegovernment's
government's problems in meeting expenses expenses.
Published as “Environment--current issues”
no natural fresh water resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
Rewritten: too little of the 1998 text remains to mark the changes.
no natural fresh water resources;
drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
no natural fresh water resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment
no natural fresh water resources;
The same text in 9 editions, 2002 to 2010.
no natural fresh water resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchments
no natural fresh water resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchment catchments
The same text in 5 editions, 2011 to 2015.
no natural freshwater resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchments
no natural fresh water freshwater resources; drinking water supplies must be met by rainwater catchments
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
no natural freshwater resources; drinking water supplies are met by reverse osmosis desalination plants
no natural freshwater resources; drinking water supplies must be are met by rainwater catchments reverse osmosis desalination plants
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- no natural freshwater resources;
- drinking water supplies are met by reverse osmosis desalination plants and rainwater catchment;
- trash washing up on the beaches or being deposited there by residents;
- no recycling or waste treatment facilities;
- deforestation (trees being cut down to create space for commercial use)
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
no natural freshwater resources; drinking water supplies are met by reverse osmosis desalination plants and rainwater catchment; trash washing up on the beaches or being deposited there by residents; no recycling or waste treatment facilities; deforestation (trees being cut down to create space for commercial use)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Cayman Islands: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/cayman-islands/environment-current-issues.