Geography of Nepal - Environmental Concerns

Environmental Concerns

Natural hazards
Earthquakes, severe thunderstorms, flooding, landslides, drought, and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons
Environment - current issues
Deforestation (overuse of wood for fuel and lack of alternatives); contaminated water (with human and animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents); wildlife conservation; vehicular emissions; High arsenic and microbiological levels in groundwater
Environment - international agreements
  • Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
  • Signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
  • Existing and proposed dams, barrages and canals for flood control, irrigation and hydroelectric generation
Geography - note
Landlocked; strategic location between China and India; contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks

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