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Environment - current issues Saudi Arabia, in 34 editions.
The entry for Saudi Arabia 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”
- no perennial rivers or permanent water bodies;
- developing extensive coastal seawater desalination facilities;
- desertification
no perennial rivers or permanent water bodies; developing extensive coastal seawater desalination facilities; desertification
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- no perennial rivers or permanent water bodies;
- developing extensive coastal seawater desalination facilities;
- desertification
no perennial rivers or permanent water bodies; developing extensive coastal
seawater desalination facilities; desertification
The entry for Saudi Arabia did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- desertification;
- depletion of underground water resources;
- the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities;
- coastal pollution from oil spills
- natural hazards:
- frequent sand and dust storms
- international agreements:
- party to - Climate Change,
- Hazardous Wastes,
- Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: desertification; depletion of underground water
resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has
prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination
facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills
natural hazards: frequent sand and dust storms
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes,
Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- desertification;
- depletion of underground water resources;
- the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities;
- coastal pollution from oil spills
- natural hazards:
- frequent sand and dust storms
- international agreements:
- party to - Climate Change,
- Hazardous Wastes,
- Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Law of the Sea
current issues: desertification; depletion of underground water
resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has
has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination
facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills
natural hazards: frequent sand and dust storms
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes,
Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Law of
the Sea
- desertification;
- depletion of underground water resources;
- the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities;
- coastal pollution from oil spills
current issues: desertification; depletion of
underground water
water bodiesdesalination
desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills
natural hazards: frequent sand and dust storms
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Hazardous
Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Law of
the Sea
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- desertification;
- depletion of underground water resources;
- the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities;
- coastal pollution from oil spills
desertification; depletion of
water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent
bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater
facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- desertification;
- depletion of underground water resources;
- the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities;
- coastal pollution from oil spills
desertification; depletion of underground
underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or
permanent water
seawater desalination
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
- desertification;
- depletion of underground water resources;
- the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities;
- coastal pollution from oil spills
desertification; depletion of
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- desertification;
- depletion of underground water resources;
- the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities;
- coastal pollution from oil spills;
- air pollution;
- waste management
desertification; depletion of underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills spills; air pollution; waste management
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Saudi Arabia: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/saudi-arabia/environment-current-issues.