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Environment - current issues Tonga, in 34 editions.
The entry for Tonga published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 7 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 7
- 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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2009 edition
Same as 2008The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
- archipelago of 170 islands (36 inhabited);
- subject to cyclones (October to April);
- deforestation
archipelago of 170 islands (36 inhabited); subject to cyclones (October to April); deforestation
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- archipelago of 170 islands (36 inhabited);
- subject to cyclones (October to April);
- deforestation
archipelago of 170 islands (36 inhabited); subject to cyclones (October to
April); deforestation
The entry for Tonga did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement;
- some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
- overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
- natural hazards:
- cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou
- international agreements:
- party to - Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: deforestation results as more and more land is being
cleared for agriculture and settlement; some damage to coral reefs
from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
natural hazards: cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic
activity on Fonuafo'ou
international agreements: party to - Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear
Test Ban
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement;
- some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
- overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
- natural hazards:
- cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou
- international agreements:
- party to - Marine Life Conservation,
- Nuclear Test Ban,
- Whaling;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Law of the Sea
current issues: deforestation results as more and more land is being
cleared for agriculture and settlement; some damage to coral reefs
from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
natural hazards: cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and volcanic
volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou
international agreements: party to - Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear
Nuclear Test Ban Ban, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
- deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement;
- some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
- overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
current issues: deforestation results as more and more
land is being
coral reefscollectors;
collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
natural hazards: cyclones (October to April); earthquakes and
volcanic activity on Fonuafo'ou
international agreements: party to - Marine Life Conservation,
Nuclear Test Ban, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement;
- some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
- overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
deforestation results as more and more
land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement; some damage to
coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell
collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement;
- some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
- overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
deforestation results as more and more
more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement; some
damage toshell
shell collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
- deforestation results as more and more land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement;
- some damage to coral reefs from starfish and indiscriminate coral and shell collectors;
- overhunting threatens native sea turtle populations
deforestation results as more and
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- deforestation from land being cleared for agriculture and settlement;
- soil exhaustion;
- water pollution due to salinization, sewage, and toxic chemicals from farming activities;
- coral reefs and marine populations threatened
deforestation results as more and more from land is being cleared for agriculture and settlement; some damage soil exhaustion; water pollution due to coral reefs from starfish salinization, sewage, and indiscriminate toxic chemicals from farming activities; coral reefs and shell collectors; overhunting threatens native sea turtle marine populations threatened
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Tonga: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/tonga/environment-current-issues.