The State Of Afghanistan's Environment

29 January 2003 - 3:00pm

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) reports on the state of Afghanistan's environment and cities.

"A UN Environment Programme (Unep) survey found more than half of Kabul's water supply is going to waste...It says: 'Three to four years of drought have compounded a state of widespread and serious resource degradation: lowered water tables, dried-up wetlands, denuded forests, eroded land and depleted wildlife populations.'"

Source: BBC News, January 29, 2003
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