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Environment - current issues Egypt, in 34 editions.
The entry for Egypt published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 10
- 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”
- Nile is only perennial water source;
- increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
- hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring;
- water pollution;
- desertification
Nile is only perennial water source; increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; water pollution; desertification
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- Nile is only perennial water source;
- increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
- hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring;
- water pollution;
- desertification
Nile is only perennial water source; increasing soil salinization below
Aswan High Dam; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring;
water pollution; desertification
The entry for Egypt did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
- natural hazards:
- periodic droughts;
- frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides, volcanic activity;
- hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring;
- duststorms, sandstorms
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Tropical Timber 94
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: agricultural land being lost to urbanization and
windblown sands; increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and
marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides,
raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very limited natural fresh water
resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash
floods, landslides, volcanic activity; hot, driving windstorm called
khamsin occurs in spring; duststorms, sandstorms
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law
of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified
- Desertification, Tropical Timber 94
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
- natural hazards:
- periodic droughts;
- frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides, volcanic activity;
- hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring;
- dust storms, sandstorms
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling;
- signed, but not ratified - Tropical Timber 94
current issues: agricultural land being lost to urbanization and
windblown sands; increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and
marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides,
raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very limited natural fresh water
water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
source; rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash
floods, landslides, volcanic activity; hot, driving windstorm called
khamsin occurs in spring; duststorms, dust storms, sandstorms
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law
Ozone Layer Protection,Wetlands;
Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratifiedDesertification, Tropical Timber 94
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
current issues: agricultural land being lost to
urbanization and
Aswan High Dam;
reefs, beaches, and
agricultural pesticides,
limited natural fresh
only perennial waternatural resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash resources
floods, landslides, volcanic activity; hot, driving windstorm called
khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban,
Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Tropical Timber 94
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salinization below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
agricultural land being lost to
urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salinization below
Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral
reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from
agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very
limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the
only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining
natural resources
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
agricultural land being lost to
urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salinization salination below
Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral
reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from
agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very
limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the
the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining
overstraining natural resources
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining natural resources
agricultural land being lost to
The same text in 4 editions, 2002 to 2005.
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
The same text in 2006 and 2007.
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
The same text in 3 editions, 2008 to 2010.
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
The same text in 14 editions, 2011 to 2024.
- agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands;
- increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam;
- desertification;
- oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats;
- other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents;
- limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source;
- rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural fresh water freshwater resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Egypt: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/egypt/environment-current-issues.