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Environment - current issues Costa Rica, in 34 editions.
The entry for Costa Rica 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), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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2024 edition
Same as 2023The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
- subject to occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast;
- frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season;
- active volcanoes;
- deforestation;
- soil erosion
subject to occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season; active volcanoes; deforestation; soil erosion
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- subject to occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast;
- frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season;
- active volcanoes;
- deforestation;
- soil erosion
subject to occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent
flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season; active volcanoes;
deforestation; soil erosion
The entry for Costa Rica did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
- natural hazards:
- occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast;
- frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season;
- active volcanoes
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling;
- signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Marine Life Conservation
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of
land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
natural hazards: occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic
coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season; active
volcanoes
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban,
Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified -
Desertification, Marine Life Conservation
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
- natural hazards:
- occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast;
- frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season;
- active volcanoes
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation
current issues: deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of
land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
natural hazards: occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic
coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season; active
active volcanoes
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban,
Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling; Wetlands; signed, but not ratified -
Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation
deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
deforestation, largely a result of the
clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
Published as “Environment-current issues”
deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
deforestation, largely a result of the
clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
Published as “Environment--current issues”
deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
deforestation, largely a result of the
the clearing of land for cattle ranching; soil erosion
- deforestation, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching;
- soil erosion;
- water pollution (rivers);
- fisheries protection;
- solid waste management
deforestation, largely a result oferosion erosion; water pollution (rivers); fisheries protection; solid waste management
- deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture;
- soil erosion;
- water pollution (rivers);
- coastal marine pollution;
- wetlands degradation;
- fisheries protection;
- solid waste management;
- air pollution
deforestation, deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching; ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; water pollution (rivers); coastal marine pollution; wetlands degradation; fisheries protection; solid waste management management; air pollution
The same text in 23 editions, 2002 to 2024.
- deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture;
- soil erosion;
- coastal marine pollution;
- fisheries protection;
- solid waste management;
- air pollution
deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; water pollution (rivers); coastal marine pollution; wetlands degradation; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Costa Rica: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/costa-rica/environment-current-issues.