Afghanistan environmental profile. Phase 1. Final report
Afghanistan's environment, already scarred by 12 years of conflict, is likely to undergo severe stress as external and internal refugees are resettled, according to this preliminary environmental profile. Following an introduction, Chapter 2 discusses the state of Afghanistan's environment in 1978 prior to the Soviet invasion, while Chapter 3 documents the environmental impacts of events since that time, including population relocation, deforestation, and locust and sunn-pest infestations. Chapter 4 examines major environmental areas (vegetation, wildlife, soil erosion, pesticides, public health, environmental infrastructure, energy, and air quality) with respect to both existing conditions and what is likely to occur when resettlement begins in earnest. Chapter 5 presents potential mitigation measures, including a set of environmental guidelines for the Government of Afghanistan. Chapter 6 discusses the Geographic Information System being developed under USAID's Agricultural Services Support Program; it discusses the extent to which GIS data can contribute to environmental studies, and vice versa.
- Research Organization:
- Nathan Associates, Inc./Berger (Louis) International, Inc., Arlington, VA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6549980
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-180495/XAB; CNN: AID-306-0205-C-00-9385-00
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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