Germany:
emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries
contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur
dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea
from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern
Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government currently attempting
to define mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power; government
working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas
in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
Ghana:
recent drought in north severely affecting agricultural
activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and
habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution;
inadequate supplies of potable water
Gibraltar:
limited natural freshwater resources; large concrete or
natural rock water catchments collect rainwater
Glorioso Islands:
NA
Greece:
air pollution; water pollution
Greenland:
protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the
Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting
Grenada:
NA
Guadeloupe:
NA
Guam:
extirpation of native bird population by the rapid
proliferation of the brown tree snake, an exotic species
Guatemala:
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; Hurricane
Mitch damage