World Enivironmental Issues Brief

  • LARGE AREAS SUBJECT TO OVERPOPULATION
  • INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS
  • POLLUTION (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances)
  • LOSS OF VEGETATION (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification)
  • LOSS OF WILDLIFE
  • SOIL DEGRADATION
  • SOIL DEPLETION
  • EROSION
  • GLOBAL WARMING

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Angola

— Current Environmental Issues —
overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water

— Health Indicators —
HIV / AIDS prevalancy rate: 3.9
Fertility Rate: 6.3
Infant Mortality Rate: 184.4
Life Expectancy at Birth: Male: 36.7
Life Expectancy at Birth: Female: 39.0
Life Expectancy at Birth: Total Population: 37.6

— Population —
Population Total: 12,263,596
Population Growth Rate: 2.2

— Economic Indicators —
GDP Real Growth Rate: 14.0
Military Expendatures Percent of GDP: 6.6
Unemployment Rate: 0.0
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13.2
GDP Per Capita PPP: 4,300
Population Below Poverty Line: 70
    (Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations.)

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Bordering country: Namibia
Bordering country: Zambia

— Background —
Angola is rebuilding its country after the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975. Peace seemed imminent in 1992 when Angola held national elections, but UNITA renewed fighting after being beaten by the MPLA at the polls. Up to 1500000 lives may have been lost - and 1500000 people displaced - in the quarter century of fighting. SAVIMBIs death in 2002 ended UNITAs insurgency and strengthened the MPLAs hold on power. While President DOS SANTOS had pledged to hold legislative elections in 2007, he has since announced that legislative elections will be held in 2008, with Presidential elections planned for 2009. A specific election timetable has yet to be established.