Current environmental issues in Panamá
Published: May 6, 2009, 6:45 pm
Updated: May 6, 2009, 6:45 pm
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Juan Pablo ArceNatural resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower
Land use: arable land: 7.26%, permanent crops: 1.95%, other: 90.79% (2005)
Natural hazards: occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area
Current environmental issues: water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources
International environmental agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling. Signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
Source: The CIA World Factbook
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CIA (Content Source);Juan Pablo Arce (Topic Editor) "Current environmental issues in Panamá". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 6, 2009; Last revised Date May 6, 2009; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Current_environmental_issues_in_Panam%C3%A1>
Natural resources: copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower
Land use: arable land: 7.26%, permanent crops: 1.95%, other: 90.79% (2005)
Natural hazards: occasional severe storms and forest fires in the Darien area
Current environmental issues: water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources
International environmental agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling. Signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
Source: The CIA World Factbook
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