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Top 39 Environmental Issues and Solutions
Updated: June 6, 2024
Our planet faces a myriad of environmental issues, each complex and interconnected in ways that affect not just the natural world, but human societies and economies as well. For each of the critical issues linked to below, you'll find a description, links to maps and statistics, a severity assessment, threats posed by the issue, major causes, effective ways to address the issue, and challenges with addressing the issue.
(SECTIONS AND STATS: biodiversity loss (statistics), habitat destruction (map), deforestation (maps), soil degradation (statistics, map 1, map 2), urban sprawl (map), desertification (map), shrinking wetlands (PDF), peatlands mismanagement and warming (map), invasive species (database), exploitive wildlife hunting (database))
(SECTIONS AND STATS: industrial agriculture (maps), factory farming (statistics), groundwater depletion (map), soil degradation (statistics, map 1, map 2), chemical fertilizers and pesticides (map 1, map 2), eutrophication (google earth), genetic erosion, genetic engineering risks (statistics))