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Environment - current issues United Arab Emirates, in 34 editions.
The entry for United Arab Emirates published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- 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”
- frequent dust and sand storms;
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification
frequent dust and sand storms; lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants; desertification
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- frequent dust and sand storms;
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification
frequent dust and sand storms; lack of natural freshwater resources being
overcome by desalination plants; desertification
The entry for United Arab Emirates did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification;
- beach pollution from oil spills
- natural hazards:
- frequent sand and dust storms
- international agreements:
- party to - Endangered Species,
- Hazardous Wastes,
- Marine Dumping,
- Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Biodiversity,
- Law of the Sea
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by
desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills
natural hazards: frequent sand and dust storms
international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Hazardous
Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not
ratified - Biodiversity, Law of the Sea
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification;
- beach pollution from oil spills
- natural hazards:
- frequent sand and dust storms
- international agreements:
- party to - Endangered Species,
- Hazardous Wastes,
- Marine Dumping,
- Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed,
- but not ratified - Biodiversity,
- Law of the Sea
current issues: lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by
by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil
spills
natural hazards: frequent sand and dust storms
international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Hazardous
Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not
ratified - Biodiversity, Law of the Sea
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification;
- beach pollution from oil spills
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
lack of natural freshwater resources
being overcome by desalination plants; desertification; beach
pollution from oil spills
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification;
- beach pollution from oil spills
lack of natural freshwater resources
overcome by desalination plants; desertification; beach
oil spills
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification;
- beach pollution from oil spills
lack of natural freshwater resources being
being overcome by desalination plants; desertification; beach
pollution from
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome by desalination plants;
- desertification;
- beach pollution from oil spills
lack of natural freshwater resources
The same text in 16 editions, 2002 to 2017.
- lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants;
- desertification;
- beach pollution from oil spills
lack of natural freshwater resources being overcome compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- air pollution;
- rapid population growth and high energy demand contribute to water scarcity;
- lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants;
- land degradation and desertification;
- waste generation, beach pollution from oil spills
air pollution; rapid population growth and high energy demand contribute to water scarcity; lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; land degradation and desertification; waste generation, beach pollution from oil spills
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Central Intelligence Agency. “United Arab Emirates: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/united-arab-emirates/environment-current-issues.