CHAPTER 2
Key environmental issues by GEO region
Socio-economic background
The spread of communications 1980-98 (numbers/1
000 people)
Land
Extent and causes of land degradation
Climate change impacts on land and biodiversity
by region
Forests
Change in forested land 1990-2000 by region
Change in forested land 1990-2000 by sub-region:
Africa
Change in forested land 1990-2000 by sub-region:
Asia and the Pacific
Change in forested land 1990-2000 by sub-region:
Europe
Managing the world's most extensive forests:
forest estate in the Russian Federation
Change in forested land 1990-2000 by sub-region:
Latin America and the Caribbean
Change in forested land 1990-2000 by sub-region:
West Asia
Biodiversity
Estimated number of described species
Globally threatened vertebrate species by region
Biological diversity in the Arctic: number of
known species
Protected areas in the Arctic
Freshwater
Major stocks of water
Groundwater quality problems
Water stress index: West Asia
Available water resources in West Asia (million
m3/year)
Coastal and marine areas
Disease burden of selected common and marine-related
diseases
Economic losses from red tides in fisheries and
aquaculture
Management status of principal coastal and marine
areas
Urban areas
Distribution of global population (%) by size
of settlement, 1975 and 2000
Disasters
Recent disasters caused by extreme natural events
Some of the worst disasters in Africa, 1972-2000
Impact of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific,
1972-2000
Vulnerability to natural hazards of Caribbean
countries
CHAPTER 4
Potential increase in nitrogen loading on coastal
eocosystems
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