word | | Environment - current issues |
| deforestation | Cuba | air and water pollution; biodiversity loss; deforestation |
| deforestation | Dominican Republic | water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation |
| deforestation | Ecuador | deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands |
| deforestation | El Salvador | deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes |
| deforestation | Equatorial Guinea | tap water is not potable; deforestation |
| deforestation | Eritrea | deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare |
| deforestation | Ethiopia | deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management |
| deforestation | Fiji | deforestation; soil erosion |
| deforestation | Gabon | deforestation; poaching |
| deforestation | Gambia, The | deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases prevalent |
| deforestation | Ghana | recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water |
| deforestation | Guatemala | deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution |
| deforestation | Guinea | deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage |
| deforestation | Guinea-Bissau | deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing |
| deforestation | Guyana | water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation |
| deforestation | Haiti | extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water |
| deforestation | Honduras | urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as ... |
| deforestation | India | deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge ... |
| deforestation | Indonesia | deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires |
| deforestation | Iran | air pollution, especially in urban areas, from vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; wetland losses from drought; soil degradation (salination); inadequate supplies ... |
| deforestation | Jamaica | heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions |
| deforestation | Jordan | limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
| deforestation | Kenya | water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; degradation of water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching |
| deforestation | Korea, North | water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; waterborne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation |
| deforestation | Laos | unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; most of the population does not have access to potable water |
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