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Environment - current issues Liberia, in 34 editions.
The entry for Liberia published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 7 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 7
- 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”
West Africa's largest tropical rain forest, subject to deforestation
West Africa's largest tropical rain forest, subject to deforestation
The entry for Liberia did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- tropical rain forest subject to deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- pollution of rivers from the dumping of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
- natural hazards:
- dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)
- international agreements:
- party to - Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94;
- signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: tropical rain forest subject to deforestation; soil
erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of rivers from the dumping of
iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil residue and raw
sewage
natural hazards: dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara
(December to March)
international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Nuclear Test
Ban, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94; signed,
but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental
Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- tropical rain forest subject to deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- pollution of rivers from the dumping of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
- natural hazards:
- dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)
- international agreements:
- party to - Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94;
- signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
current issues: tropical rain forest subject to deforestation; soil
erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of rivers from the dumping of
of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil residue and raw
sewage
natural hazards: dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara
(December to March)
international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Nuclear Test
Test Ban, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94; signed,
signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental
Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine
Life Conservation
- tropical rain forest subject to deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- pollution of rivers from the dumping of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
tropical rain forest subject to
deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of rivers
from the dumping of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil
residue and raw sewage
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- tropical rain forest subject to deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- pollution of rivers from the dumping of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
tropical rain forest subject to
deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of rivers
from the dumping of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil
residue and raw sewage
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- tropical rain forest subject to deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
tropical rain forest subject to
deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of riversfrom the dumping of iron ore tailings and of coastal waters from oil
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- tropical rain forest subject to deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
tropical rain forest subject to
The same text in 16 editions, 2002 to 2017.
- tropical rain forest deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
tropical rain forest subject to deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- tropical rain forest deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- loss of biodiversity;
- hunting of endangered species for bushmeat;
- pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage;
- pollution of rivers from industrial run-off;
- burning and dumping of household waste
tropical rain forest deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; hunting of endangered species for bushmeat; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage sewage; pollution of rivers from industrial run-off; burning and dumping of household waste
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Liberia: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/liberia/environment-current-issues.