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Environment - current issues Oman, in 34 editions.
The entry for Oman 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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1995 edition
Rewritten since 1993The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
summer winds often raise large sandstorms and duststorms in interior; sparse natural freshwater resources
summer winds often raise large sandstorms and duststorms in interior; sparse natural freshwater resources
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
summer winds often raise large sandstorms and duststorms in interior; sparse natural freshwater resources
summer winds often raise large sandstorms and duststorms in interior; sparse
natural freshwater resources
The entry for Oman did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- very limited natural fresh water resources
- natural hazards:
- summer winds often raise large sandstorms and duststorms in interior; periodic droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Law of the Sea,
- Marine Dumping,
- Ship Pollution,
- Whaling;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Biodiversity,
- Climate Change
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills;
very limited natural fresh water resources
natural hazards: summer winds often raise large sandstorms and
duststorms in interior; periodic droughts
international agreements: party to - Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Ship Pollution, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity,
Climate Change
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- very limited natural fresh water resources
- natural hazards:
- summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dust storms in interior; periodic droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity,
- Climate Change,
- Law of the Sea,
- Marine Dumping,
- Ship Pollution;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Hazardous Wastes
current issues: rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills;
spills; very limited natural fresh water resources
natural hazards: summer winds often raise large sandstorms and dustduststorms storms in interior; periodic droughts
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,Pollution, Whaling; Pollution; signed, but not
ratified - Biodiversity, Hazardous Wastes
Climate Change
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- very limited natural fresh water resources
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
rising soil salinity; beach pollution
from oil spills; very limited natural fresh water resources
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- very limited natural fresh water resources
rising soil salinity; beach pollution
oil spills; very limited natural fresh water resources
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- very limited natural fresh water resources
rising soil salinity; beach pollution from
from oil spills; very limited natural fresh water resources
The same text in 8 editions, 2000 to 2007.
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- very limited natural fresh water resources
rising soil salinity; beach pollution
The same text in 3 editions, 2008 to 2010.
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- limited natural fresh water resources
rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills; very limited natural fresh water resources
The same text in 7 editions, 2011 to 2017.
- rising soil salinity;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- limited natural freshwater resources
rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills; limited natural fresh water freshwater resources
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- limited natural freshwater resources;
- high levels of soil and water salinity in the coastal plains;
- beach pollution from oil spills;
- industrial effluents seeping into the water tables and aquifers;
- desertificaiton due to high winds driving desert sand into arable lands
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
limited natural freshwater resources; high levels of soil and water salinity in the coastal plains; beach pollution from oil spills; industrial effluents seeping into the water tables and aquifers; desertificaiton due to high winds driving desert sand into arable lands
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Oman: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/oman/environment-current-issues.