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Environment - current issues South Africa, in 34 editions.
The entry for South Africa 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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2024 edition
Same as 2023The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water
conservation and control measures
The entry for South Africa did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage threatens to outpace supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- soil erosion;
- desertification
- natural hazards:
- prolonged droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling;
- signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires
extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water
usage threatens to outpace supply; pollution of rivers from
agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in
acid rain; soil erosion; desertification
natural hazards: prolonged droughts
international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands,
Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage threatens to outpace supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- soil erosion;
- desertification
- natural hazards:
- prolonged droughts
- international agreements:
- party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling;
- signed, but not ratified - Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea
current issues: lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires
extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water
usage threatens to outpace supply; pollution of rivers from
agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in
acid rain; soil erosion; desertification
natural hazards: prolonged droughts
international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Endangered
Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation,
Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands,
signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of
Biodiversity,
the Sea
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage threatens to outpace supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- soil erosion;
- desertification
current issues: lack of important arterial rivers or
lakes requires
growth in waterfrom
from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in
in acid rain; soil erosion; desertification
natural hazards: prolonged droughts
international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Endangered Species,
Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear
Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling;
signed, but not ratified - Climate Change, Desertification, Law of
the Sea
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage threatens to outpace supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- soil erosion;
- desertification
lack of important arterial rivers or
requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
water usage threatens to outpace supply; pollution of rivers
agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting
acid rain; soil erosion; desertification
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage threatens to outpace supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- soil erosion;
- desertification
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes
lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
growth in
rivers from
resulting in
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage threatens to outpace supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- soil erosion;
- desertification
lack of important arterial rivers or
The same text in 16 editions, 2002 to 2017.
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage outpacing supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- soil erosion;
- desertification
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage threatens to outpace outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; soil erosion; desertification
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage outpacing supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- land degradation;
- desertification;
- solid waste pollution
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification land degradation; desertification; solid waste pollution
The same text in 6 editions, 2019 to 2024.
- lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures;
- growth in water usage outpacing supply;
- pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge;
- air pollution resulting in acid rain;
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- land degradation;
- desertification;
- solid waste pollution;
- disruption of fragile ecosystem has resulted in significant floral extinctions
lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; desertification; solid waste pollution pollution; disruption of fragile ecosystem has resulted in significant floral extinctions
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Central Intelligence Agency. “South Africa: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/south-africa/environment-current-issues.