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Environment - current issues Netherlands, in 34 editions.
The entry for Netherlands 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”
27% of the land area is below sea level and protected from the North Sea by dikes
27% of the land area is below sea level and protected from the North Sea by dikes
Published as “Environment”
27% of the land area is below sea level and protected from the North Sea by dikes
27% of the land area is below sea level and protected from the North Sea by
dikes
Published as “Environment”
without an extensive system of dikes and dams, nearly one-half of the total area would be inundated by sea water
27% without an extensive system of the land area is below sea level dikes and protected from dams, nearly one-half of the North Sea by totaldikes area would be inundated by sea water
The entry for Netherlands did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates;
- air pollution from vehicles and refining activities;
- acid rain
- natural hazards:
- the extensive system of dikes and dams, protects nearly one-half of the total area from being flooded
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Desertification, Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic
compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates; air
pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain
natural hazards: the extensive system of dikes and dams, protects
nearly one-half of the total area from being flooded
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping,
Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not
ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Desertification,
Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates;
- air pollution from vehicles and refining activities;
- acid rain
- natural hazards:
- the extensive system of dikes and dams, protects nearly one-half of the total area from being flooded
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Tropical Timber 94
current issues: water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic
compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates; air
pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain
natural hazards: the extensive system of dikes and dams, protects
nearly one-half of the total area from being flooded
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping,
Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling;
signed, but notDesertification,
Desertification, Law of the Sea Sea, Tropical Timber 94
- water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates;
- air pollution from vehicles and refining activities;
- acid rain
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
water pollution in the form of heavy
metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and
phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid
rain
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates;
- air pollution from vehicles and refining activities;
- acid rain
water pollution in the form of heavy
metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and
phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid
rain
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates;
- air pollution from vehicles and refining activities;
- acid rain
water pollution in the form of heavy
metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and
phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid
acid rain
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
- water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates;
- air pollution from vehicles and refining activities;
- acid rain
water pollution in the form of heavy
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- water and air pollution are significant environmental problems;
- pollution of the country's rivers from industrial and agricultural chemicals, including heavy metals, organic compounds, nitrates, and phosphates;
- air pollution from vehicles and refining activities
water and air pollution in the form are significant environmental problems; pollution of the country's rivers from industrial and agricultural chemicals, including heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates nitrates, and phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain activities
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Netherlands: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/netherlands/environment-current-issues.