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Environment - current issues Nauru, in 34 editions.
The entry for Nauru published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 11 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 11
- 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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1996 edition
Changed since 1995The same text in 4 editions, 1990 to 1993.
Published as “Environment”
only 53 km south of Equator
only 53 km south of Equator
The entry for Nauru did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater; phosphate mining threatens limited remaining land resources
- natural hazards:
- periodic droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity,
- Climate Change,
- Marine Dumping;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage
tanks collect rainwater; phosphate mining threatens limited remaining
land resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Marine Dumping; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater; phosphate mining threatens limited remaining land resources
- natural hazards:
- periodic droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity,
- Climate Change,
- Marine Dumping;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Law of the Sea
current issues: limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage
tanks collect rainwater; phosphate mining threatens limited remaining
remaining land resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Marine Dumping; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater; phosphate mining threatens limited remaining land resources
current issues: limited natural fresh water resources,
roof storagelimited
limited remaining land resources
natural hazards: periodic droughts
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Marine Dumping; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater;
- intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years-mainly by a UK, Australia, and New Zealand consortium-has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
limited natural fresh water resources,
roof storage tanks collect rainwater; intensive phosphate mining
during the past 90 years-mainly by a UK, Australia, and New Zealand
consortium-has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens
limited remaining land resources
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater;
- intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years--mainly by a UK, Australia, and New Zealand consortium--has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
limited natural fresh water resources,
resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater; intensive phosphate mining
mining during the past 90 years-mainly years--mainly by a UK, Australia, and New Zealandconsortium-has Zealand consortium--has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens
threatens limited remaining land resources
- limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant;
- intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and New Zealand consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
limited natural fresh waterrainwater; rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphateyears--mainly years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and Newconsortium--has consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and
The same text in 8 editions, 2001 to 2008.
- limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant;
- intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and New Zealand NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant;
- intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
limited natural fresh water resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, rainwater but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
The same text in 4 editions, 2011 to 2014.
- limited natural freshwater resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant;
- intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
limited natural fresh water freshwater resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
The same text in 3 editions, 2015 to 2017.
- limited natural freshwater resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant;
- a century of intensive phosphate mining beginning in 1906 - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
limited natural freshwater resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; a century of intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years beginning in 1906 - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland and threatens limited remaining land resources
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- limited natural freshwater resources, roof storage tanks that collect rainwater and desalination plants provide water;
- a century of intensive phosphate mining beginning in 1906 left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland;
- cadmium residue, phosphate dust, and other contaminants have caused air and water pollution with negative impacts on health;
- climate change has brought on rising sea levels and inland water shortages
limited natural freshwater resources, roof storage tanks that collect rainwater but mostly dependent on a single, aging and desalination plant; plants provide water; a century of intensive phosphate mining beginning in 1906 - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - left the central 90% of Nauru a wasteland wasteland; cadmium residue, phosphate dust, and threatens limited remaining land resources other contaminants have caused air and water pollution with negative impacts on health; climate change has brought on rising sea levels and inland water shortages
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Nauru: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/nauru/environment-current-issues.