word | | Environment - current issues |
| desertification | Lesotho | population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion; desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and redirects water to South Africa |
| desertification | Libya | desertification; limited natural freshwater resources; the Great Manmade River Project, the largest water development scheme in the world, brings water from large aquifers under the Sahara to coastal cities |
| desertification | Madagascar | soil erosion results from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; surface water contaminated with raw sewage and other organic wastes; several endangered species of flora and fauna unique to the island |
| desertification | Mali | deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching |
| desertification | Mauritania | overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought are contributing to desertification; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Senegal, which is the only perennial river; locust infestation |
| desertification | Mexico | ... and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; deteriorating agricultural lands; serious air and water pollution in the national capital and urban centers ... |
| desertification | Mongolia | ... air in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation, overgrazing, and the converting of virgin land to agricultural production increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification and mining activities had a deleterious effect on the environment |
| desertification | Morocco | land degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water supplies contaminated by raw sewage; siltation of reservoirs; oil pollution of coastal waters |
| desertification | Mozambique | ... hinterlands have resulted in increased migration of the population to urban and coastal areas with adverse environmental consequences; desertification; pollution of surface and coastal waters; elephant poaching for ivory is a problem |
| desertification | Namibia | limited natural freshwater resources; desertification; wildlife poaching; land degradation has led to few conservation areas |
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Mascherpa
Distributore esclusivo di macchine, utensili, componenti, attrezzature, lubrificanti speciali, adesivi-sigillanti, anticorrosivi
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Tasso lavorazioni metalliche
Lavorazioni industriali, lavorazioni materie plastiche, lavorazioni metalliche,ed inoltre servizio di consulenza e progettazione
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Siel Spa - UPS
Energia & Sicurezza è la mission di Siel, holding italiana, leader nella progettazione & produzione di UPS, STS, CPS.
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