Key environmental issues by GEO region
	Land	Forests	Biodiversity	Freshwater	Coastal and marine	Atmosphere	Urban areas	Disasters
Africa	Degradation and desertification Inappropriate and inequitable land tenure	Deforestation Loss of forest quality	Habitat degradation and loss Bushmeat trade	Variability of water resources Water stress and scarcity Access to safe water and sanitation Deteriorating water quality Wetlands loss	Coastal area erosion and degradation Pollution Climate change and sea-level rise	Air quality Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change Floods and drought	Rapid urbanization Solid waste Water supply and sanitation Air pollution	Drought Floods Armed conflict
Asia and the Pacific	Land degradation Desertification Land use change	Forest degradation Deforestation	Habitat loss Forest loss and degradation Alien species	Water scarcity Pollution	Degradation of coastal and marine resources Pollution due to mining and coastal development	Air quality Ozone depletion Greenhouse gas emissions and climate change	Air pollution Waste management Water supply and sanitation	Floods Drought Volcanoes Earthquakes
Europe	Land use Soil degradation, sealing and contamination Soil erosion	Loss of natural forests Forest degradation Sustainable forest management	Agricultural intensification Genetically modified organisms	Water quantity and quality Policy and legislative framework	Coastal erosion Pollution	Air pollution Stratospheric ozone depletion Greenhouse gas emissions	Air quality Noise pollution Solid waste	Storms and floods Earthquakes Human-caused disasters
Latin America and the Caribbean	Land degradation Land tenure	Deforestation Forest degradation	Habitat loss and degradation Overexploitation of resources and illegal trade	Decreasing water available per capita Water quality	Habitat conversion and destruction Pollution Overexploitation of fisheries	Air pollution Ozone depletion Air quality	Solid waste Water supply and sanitation Air quality	Drought Hurricanes Floods Earthquakes Spills of hazardous substances
North America	Land degradation Pesticides	Forest health Old growth forests	Habitat destruction and degradation Bio-invasion	Groundwater Great Lakes water quality	Conversion of fragile ecosystems Overexploitation of marine resources Pollution	Stratospheric ozone depletion Greenhouse gases and climate change	Urban sprawl Ecological footprint	Floods and climate change Forest fires
West Asia	Land degradation Rangeland deterioration	Degradation Overexploitation Sustainable forest management	Habitat degradation and loss Overexploitation of species	Increasing water demand Overexploitation of groundwater Water quality	Coastal development and urbanization Overexploitation of resources Marine pollution	Air pollution Ozone-depleting substances Climate change	Land conversion Solid waste	Drought Oil discharges Armed conflict
Polar	Degradation Erosion Climate change	Boreal forest issues Threats to forest tundra	Climate change Ozone depletion Overexploitation	Alien species Pollution	Overexploitation of fisheries Pollution Climate change	Stratospheric ozone depletion Long-range air pollution Climate change	Sanitation and waste	Floods Oil discharges Pest invasion

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