Global environmental risks per country - G

Source of the photo
ENFO
Author of the description
Gruiz Katalin

 

Gabon

deforestation; poaching

 

 

Gambia, The

deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases prevalent

 

 

Gaza Strip

desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; depletion and contamination of underground water resources

 

 

Georgia

air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals

 

 

Germany

emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive

 

 

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

 

 

Gibraltar

limited natural freshwater resources: large concrete or natural rock water catchments collect rainwater (no longer used for drinking water) and adequate desalination plant

 

 

Greece

air pollution; water pollution

 

 

Greenland

protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting

 

 

Grenada

NA

 

 

Guam

extirpation of native bird population by the rapid proliferation of the brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species

 

 

Guatemala

deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution

 

 

Guernsey

NA

 

 

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

 

 

Guinea-Bissau

deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing

 

 

Guyana

water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation

 

Source of description

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2032.html?countryName=&countryCode=&regionCode=2