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Environment Stats: compare key data on Holy See (Vatican City) & Russia

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  • Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
  • International agreements > Signed but not ratified: The various international environmental agreements which a country has signed but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name.
STAT Holy See (Vatican City) Russia HISTORY
Current issues NA air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; groundwater contamination from toxic waste; urban solid waste management; abandoned stocks of obsolete pesticides
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Air Pollution, Environmental Modification Air Pollution-Sulfur 94

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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