Current environmental issues in Nicaragua

Content Source: Central Intelligence Agency (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce (other articles)
Last Updated: May 7, 2009

Natural resources: gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish 

Land use: arable land: 14.81%, permanent crops: 1.82%, other: 83.37% (2005) 

Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes 

Current environmental issues: deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution 

International environmental agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling. Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements 

Source: The CIA World Factbook

 

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Central Intelligence Agency (Content source); Juan Pablo Arce (Topic Editor). 2009. "Current environmental issues in Nicaragua." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [Published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 7, 2009; Retrieved March 20, 2010]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Current_environmental_issues_in_Nicaragua>
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