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Environment - current issues Switzerland, in 34 editions.
The entry for Switzerland published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 6 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 6
- 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”
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The entry for Switzerland did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- air pollution from vehicle emissions and open air burning;
- acid rain;
- water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers;
- loss of biodiversity
- natural hazards:
- avalanches,
- landslides,
- flash floods
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, 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, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: air pollution from vehicle emissions and open air
burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of agricultural
fertilizers; loss of biodiversity
natural hazards: avalanches, landslides, flash floods
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, 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, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning;
- acid rain;
- water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers;
- loss of biodiversity
- natural hazards:
- avalanches,
- landslides,
- flash floods
- international agreements:
- party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, 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, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Tropical Timber 94
current issues: air pollution from vehicle emissions and open air open-air
burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of agricultural
agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity
natural hazards: avalanches, landslides, flash floods
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life
Conservation, Nuclear
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur
Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea Sea, Tropical Timber 94
- air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning;
- acid rain;
- water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers;
- loss of biodiversity
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
air pollution from vehicle emissions and
open-air burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of
agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning;
- acid rain;
- water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers;
- loss of biodiversity
air pollution from vehicle emissions and
open-air burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of
agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning;
- acid rain;
- water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers;
- loss of biodiversity
air pollution from vehicle emissions and
and open-air burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of
of agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
- air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning;
- acid rain;
- water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers;
- loss of biodiversity
air pollution from vehicle emissions
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- air pollution from vehicle emissions;
- water pollution from agricultural fertilizers;
- chemical contaminants and erosion damage the soil and limit productivity;
- loss of biodiversity
air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning; acid rain; emissions; water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers; chemical contaminants and erosion damage the soil and limit productivity; loss of biodiversity
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Switzerland: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/switzerland/environment-current-issues.