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El Salvador:
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution;
contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes; Hurricane
Mitch damage

Equatorial Guinea:
tap water is not potable; desertification

Eritrea:
deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing;
loss of infrastructure from civil warfare

Estonia:
air heavily polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale
burning power plants in northeast; contamination of soil and
groundwater with petroleum products, chemicals at former Soviet
military bases; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade
lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas are heavily
affected by organic waste; coastal sea water is polluted in many
locations

Ethiopia:
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

Europa Island:
NA

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
NA

Faroe Islands:
NA

Fiji:
deforestation; soil erosion

Finland:
air pollution from manufacturing and power plants
contributing to acid rain; water pollution from industrial wastes,
agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations

France:
some forest damage from acid rain (major forest damage
occurred as a result of severe December 1999 windstorm); air
pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution
from urban wastes, agricultural runoff

French Guiana:
NA

French Polynesia:
NA

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:
NA

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

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 currently attempting
to define mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power; government
working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas
in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive

Ghana:
recent dr