Draft environmental report on Guatemala. AID/DS/ST. Contract No. SA/TOA 1-77 with U.S. Man and the Biosphere Secretariat. Department of State
The problems, listed in a recent A.I.D. Telegram from the Mission in Guatemala are to be discussed in a somewhat expanded introduction and summary section. Other problems also dealt with in the paper will be considered as well. Principal problems of Guatemala: deforestation: more than 50 of the nation's forests have been destroyed since 1890. -reasons: lack of forest resource management and increasing population presssures in the highlands regions; -population density in some highlands region nearly equal to that of Haiti; -deforestation leads to soil erosion as sloped land is increasingly put into use without proper soil conservation measures being taken; soil erosion: in the wake of deforestation (see above); water pollution: concentration of population without adequate waste disposal and increased surface runoff because of barren surfaces; pesticide abuse: limited to cotton growing areas on the south coast; traces of insecticides in beef and dairy products growing; contamination of water supplies also results; population growth is very high 3.1 (not as high as, however, El Salvador and Honduras -environmental fund places it at 2.9
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Washington, D.C. (EUA), 1979
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| Subjects: | POBLACION HUMANA, COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL, LEGISLACION, INFORMES, DEFORESTACION, AREAS SILVESTRES, USO DE LA TIERRA, GUATEMALA, |
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| Summary: | The problems, listed in a recent A.I.D. Telegram from the Mission in Guatemala are to be discussed in a somewhat expanded introduction and summary section. Other problems also dealt with in the paper will be considered as well. Principal problems of Guatemala: deforestation: more than 50 of the nation's forests have been destroyed since 1890. -reasons: lack of forest resource management and increasing population presssures in the highlands regions; -population density in some highlands region nearly equal to that of Haiti; -deforestation leads to soil erosion as sloped land is increasingly put into use without proper soil conservation measures being taken; soil erosion: in the wake of deforestation (see above); water pollution: concentration of population without adequate waste disposal and increased surface runoff because of barren surfaces; pesticide abuse: limited to cotton growing areas on the south coast; traces of insecticides in beef and dairy products growing; contamination of water supplies also results; population growth is very high 3.1 (not as high as, however, El Salvador and Honduras -environmental fund places it at 2.9 |
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