r with chemicals and
petroleum products at military bases

Lebanon:
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution
in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial
wastes; pollution of coastal waters from raw sewage and oil spills

Lesotho:
population pressure forcing settlement in marginal areas
results in overgrazing, severe soil erosion, and soil exhaustion;
desertification; Highlands Water Project controls, stores, and
redirects water to South Africa

Liberia:
tropical rain forest subject to deforestation; soil
erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of coastal waters from oil
residue and raw sewage

Libya:
desertification; very limited natural fresh water resources;
the Great Manmade River Project, the largest water development
scheme in the world, is being built to bring water from large
aquifers under the Sahara to coastal cities

Liechtenstein:
NA

Lithuania:
contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum
products and chemicals at military bases

Luxembourg:
air and water pollution in urban areas, soil pollution
of farmland

Macau:
NA

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
air pollution from
metallurgical plants

Madagascar:
soil erosion results from deforestation and overgrazing;
desertification; surface water contaminated with raw sewage and
other organic wastes; several species of flora and fauna unique to
the island are endangered

Malawi:
deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from
agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of
spawning grounds endangers fish populations

Malaysia:
air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions;
water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from
Indonesian forest fires

Maldives:
depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies;
global warming and sea level rise; coral reef bleaching

Mali:
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate
supplies of potable water; poaching

Malta:
very limited natural fresh water resources; increasing
reliance on desalination

Man, Isle of:
waste disposal (both household and industrial);
transboundary air pollution

Marshall Islands:
inadequate supplies of potable water

Martinique:
NA

Mauritania:
overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated
by drought are contributing to desertification; very l