(a) Environmental problems facing the Non Self Governing Territories

It leads to all sorts of environmental problems and problems that affect people throughout the nation.

In relation to environmental protection, Azerbaijan has ratified 18 international environmental treaties and has taken concerted action aimed at solving the country's environmental problems.

Environmental problems, in many ways, put us all in the same boat.

The problems of poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and environmental degradation continue to haunt us.

The psychological, environmental and socio economic problems it created will have long term effects.

Disposal of solid waste and sewage pose serious environmental problems in the United States Virgin Islands.

The Programme must be strengthened in order to increase its efficiency in dealing with environmental problems.

Massive instantaneous consumption has led to environmental problems, which has attracted the attention of professionals and institutions.

As a result of some factories using fossil fuels, chemical emissions have already caused serious environmental problems.

Nigeria congratulated the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which had raised awareness of environmental problems in Africa.

Once operational, GEOSS will make a major contribution to keeping the world environmental situation under review and ensuring the timely identification of emerging environmental problems of wide international significance.

In order to address environmental monitoring problems, the Russian Federation uses hydrometeorological and natural resource exploration space facilities.

Member States should pool their efforts to tackle problems of environmental degradation, shortages of water resources and drinking water and the deterioration of environmental conditions in cities and industrial zones.

Environmental challenges fall into the same three categories, and most of what we think about are local environmental problems air pollution, water pollution, hazardous waste dumps. But there are also regional environmental problems, like acid rain from the Midwest to the Northeast, and from Western Europe to the Arctic, and from the Midwest out the Mississippi into the dead zone of the Gulf of Mexico.

See the brick wall as all these problems we've inflicted on the planet, environmental and social. It's a message of hope.

Other significant environmental problems include land degradation caused by deforestation and inappropriate agricultural practices, water loss, and mangrove clearance for aquaculture.

Tackling social and environmental problems at the same time with the same solution yields great cost savings, wealth generation and national security.

Although many developing countries had indigenous experts in space applications, it was nevertheless difficult for them to solve environmental problems on their own.

Environmental problems are embodied by the atmosphere, water and soil pollution, but the root still lies in the mode of production and living.

Guam continues to experience environmental problems related to the United States occupation during the Second World War (see A AC.109 2001 4, para.

Bearing in mind the need for know how in minimizing and mitigating radiological, health, socio economic, psychological and environmental problems in the Semipalatinsk region,

Taking note of the need for know how in minimizing and mitigating radiological, health, socio economic, psychological and environmental problems in the Semipalatinsk region,

The extreme conditions of poverty in which women live both in the urban and in rural zones, constitute the major cause of environmental problems.

New environmental legislation has been introduced in several countries to address post consumer waste problems and to phase out hazardous substances that complicate recycling.

Inappropriate substantial development in all areas of social and economic organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past has provoked serious problems in environmental protection.

The combination of poverty, unemployment, environmental and health problems, often exacerbated by violent conflicts, is placing increasing numbers of young people in cities at risk.

It will address all the major problems facing the region, including armed conflict, severe environmental degradation, HIV AIDS, small arms proliferation and lack of security.

Taking into consideration decisions of the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development as well as principles of the U.N Millennium Declaration regarding solutions to environmental problems,

But those of us living in environmental justice communities are the canary in the coalmine. We feel the problems right now, and have for some time.

Urges human rights bodies to be more systematic in addressing violations of rights associated with the practices of multinational companies, toxic waste and other environmental problems

In order to overcome these problems, the European Commission offered technical and financial support through the European Union environmental programme for Bosnia and Herzegovina , i.e. it prepared a set of five environmental laws, including new laws for water protection for both Entities.

(b) The impact of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, and other environmental problems, such as beach and coastal erosion and droughts, on those Territories

(b) The impact of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, and other environmental problems, such as beach and coastal erosion and drought, on those Territories

The observer for Nigeria acknowledged the existence of environmental problems in the oil producing area of Nigeria and presented information on measures taken to address that issue.

(b) The impact of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, and other environmental problems, such as beach and coastal erosion and droughts, on those Territories

There are three areas where transfer and effective use of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) could be of particular importance over the next few years addressing domestic environmental problems such as urban pollution enhancing energy and material efficiency and complying with environmental requirements in export markets.

Meanwhile, long term problems including climate change and other environmental threats, and increasing inequality in most countries around the world have not gone away. Some have grown more severe.

Unfortunately, unlike Western countries, we cannot afford to wait until our per capita annual GDP reaches 10,000 before tackling our environmental problems. Our experts predict that the environmental crisis will intensify to a critical stage by the time China s per capita annual GDP reaches just 3,000.

Now, many of the people who participate in Earth Witness would focus on ecological problems, human caused or otherwise, especially environmental crimes and significant sources of greenhouse gases and emissions.

So what we see is with these and other new materials that we can do things with different properties lighter, stronger and apply these new materials to the environmental problems.

Environmental chemicals and particulates might warrant their own categories. Or consider combinations of problems, such as these chemical infectors mixing with airborne pollens, and apparently pushing up incidences of asthma.

Molecular biology has provided excellent tools to address health, environmental, and food problems such as those seen in Kenya. The question is whether decision makers are prepared to use them.

Conversely, major disasters, or the accumulation of risk from smaller but regular events, may cause environmental problems that impact on livelihoods and development options, for example where biodiversity is undermined.

One delegation said that the forum should discuss global economic problems and assess emerging challenges and threats in the economic, social, environmental and humanitarian fields and promote responses to them.