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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Pakistan

— Current Environmental Issues —
water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; a majority of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification

— Health Indicators —
HIV / AIDS prevalancy rate: 0.1
Fertility Rate: 3.7
Infant Mortality Rate: 68.8
Life Expectancy at Birth: Male: 62.7
Life Expectancy at Birth: Female: 65.0
Life Expectancy at Birth: Total Population: 63.8

— Population —
Population Total: 164,741,924
Population Growth Rate: 1.8

— Economic Indicators —
GDP Real Growth Rate: 6.5
Military Expendatures Percent of GDP: 4.5
Unemployment Rate: 6.5
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.9
GDP Per Capita PPP: 2,600
Population Below Poverty Line: 24
    (Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations.)

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Bordering country: Afghanistan
Bordering country: China
Bordering country: India
Bordering country: Iran

— Background —
The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabads marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but discussions and confidence-building measures have led to decreased tensions since 2002.