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Environment - current issues Sri Lanka, in 34 editions.
The entry for Sri Lanka published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 5
- 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 4 editions, 1990 to 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- occasional cyclones, tornados;
- deforestation;
- soil erosion
occasional cyclones, tornados; deforestation; soil erosion
The entry for Sri Lanka did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- wildlife populations threatened by poaching;
- coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution;
- freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
- natural hazards:
- occasional cyclones and tornadoes
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Marine Life Conservation
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations
threatened by poaching; coastal degradation from mining activities and
increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial
wastes and sewage runoff
natural hazards: occasional cyclones and tornadoes
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law
of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands;
signed, but not ratified - Marine Life Conservation
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- wildlife populations threatened by poaching;
- coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution;
- freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
- natural hazards:
- occasional cyclones and tornadoes
- international agreements:
- party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling;
- signed, but not ratified - Marine Life Conservation
current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations
threatened by poaching; coastal degradation from mining activities and
and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial
industrial wastes and sewage runoff
natural hazards: occasional cyclones and tornadoes
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law
Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; Wetlands,
Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Marine Life Conservation
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- wildlife populations threatened by poaching;
- coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution;
- freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife
populations threatened by poaching; coastal degradation from mining
activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being
polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- wildlife populations threatened by poaching;
- coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution;
- freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife
populations threatened by poaching; coastal degradation from mining
activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being
polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- wildlife populations threatened by poaching;
- coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution;
- freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife
populations threatened by poaching; coastal degradation from mining
activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being
polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization;
- coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution;
- freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff;
- waste disposal;
- air pollution in Colombo
deforestation; soil erosion; wildlifepoaching; poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from miningrunoff runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- deforestation;
- soil erosion;
- wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization;
- coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution;
- coral reef destruction;
- freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff;
- waste disposal;
- air pollution in Colombo
deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; coral reef destruction; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Sri Lanka: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/sri-lanka/environment-current-issues.