Trinidad and Tobago:
water pollution from agricultural chemicals,
industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches;
deforestation; soil erosion
Tromelin Island:
NA
Tunisia:
toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and
presents human health risks; water pollution from raw sewage;
limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing;
soil erosion; desertification
Turkey:
water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents;
air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern
for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic
Turkmenistan:
contamination of soil and groundwater with
agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water-logging of
soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution;
diversion of a large share of the flow of the Amu Darya into
irrigation contributes to that river's inability to replenish the
Aral Sea; desertification
Turks and Caicos Islands:
limited natural fresh water resources,
private cisterns collect rainwater
Tuvalu:
since there are no streams or rivers and groundwater is not
potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with
storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one
desalination plant and plans to build one other); beachhead erosion
because of the use of sand for building materials; excessive
clearance of forest undergrowth for use as fuel; damage to coral
reefs from the spread of the Crown of Thorns starfish; Tuvalu is
very concerned about global increases in greenhouse gas emissions
and their effect on rising sea levels, which threaten the country's
underground water table
Uganda:
draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation;
overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake
Victoria; poaching is widespread
Ukraine:
inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water
pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast
from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant
United Arab Emirates:
lack of natural freshwater resources being
overcome by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution
from oil spills