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Environment - current issues Uruguay, in 34 editions.
The entry for Uruguay 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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1999 edition
Changed since 1998The same text in 4 editions, 1990 to 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- subject to seasonally high winds,
- droughts,
- floods
subject to seasonally high winds, droughts, floods
The entry for Uruguay did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- substantial pollution from Brazilian industry along border;
- one-fifth of country affected by acid rain generated by Brazil;
- water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
- inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
- natural hazards:
- seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods;
- because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts
- international agreements:
- party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: substantial pollution from Brazilian industry along
border; one-fifth of country affected by acid rain generated by
Brazil; water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate
solid/hazardous waste disposal
natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and
occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas),
droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as
weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid
changes in weather fronts
international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,
Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear
Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed,
but not ratified - Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- substantial pollution from Brazilian industry along border;
- one-fifth of country affected by acid rain generated by Brazil;
- water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
- inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
- natural hazards:
- seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods;
- because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts
- international agreements:
- party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands;
- signed, but not ratified - Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
current issues: substantial pollution from Brazilian industry along
border; one-fifth of country affected by acid rain generated by
Brazil; water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate
inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
natural hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and
occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas),
pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains,
which act as
vulnerable to rapid
international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol,
Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species,
Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the
Sea, Nuclear
Wetlands; signed,
Conservation
- substantial pollution from Brazilian industry along border;
- one-fifth of country affected by acid rain generated by Brazil;
- water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
- inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
substantial pollution from Brazilian
industry along border; one-fifth of country affected by acid rain
generated by Brazil; water pollution from meat packing/tannery
industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- substantial pollution from Brazilian industry along border;
- one-fifth of country affected by acid rain generated by Brazil;
- water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
- inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
substantial pollution from Brazilian
industry along border; one-fifth of country affected by acid rain
generated by Brazil; water pollution from meat packing/tannery
industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- working with Brazil to monitor and minimize transboundary pollution caused by Brazilian power plant near border;
- water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
- inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
substantial working with Brazil to monitor and
minimize transboundary pollution from caused by Brazilian power plantindustry along near border; one-fifth of country affected by acid rain water pollution from meat packing/tannery
generated by Brazil;
inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
The same text in 18 editions, 2000 to 2017.
water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
working with Brazil to monitor and water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
minimize transboundary pollution caused by Brazilian power plant
near border;
The same text in 4 editions, 2018 to 2021.
- water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry;
- heavy metal pollution;
- inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal;
- deforestation
water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; heavy metal pollution; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal disposal; deforestation
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- water pollution from meat packing, tannery industries;
- heavy metal pollution;
- inadequate solid and hazardous waste disposal;
- deforestation
water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; packing, tannery industries; heavy metal pollution; inadequate solid/hazardous solid and hazardous waste disposal; deforestation
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Uruguay: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/uruguay/environment-current-issues.