Venezuela ranks among the world's most ecologically diverse countries.[1] However, it has suffered great environmental degradation.[1] It has the third-highest deforestation rate in South America[1] The Guri Dam, one of the world's largest, flooded a massive forested area and is now being filled with silt deposited by runoff from deforested areas.[1] Environmental issues include sewage pollution into Valencia Lake, oil and urban pollution of Maracaibo Lake, deforestation, soil degradation, and urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast.[1] Current concerns also include irresponsible mining operations that endanger the rain-forest ecosystem and indigenous peoples.[1] Successive governments have attempted to develop environmental regulations. However, only 35 to 40 percent of Venezuela's land is regulated thus far, 29 percent as part of national parks.[1]
Venezuela has ratified 14 international conventions regarding environmental protection and sustainable development, while also taking forward-looking steps internally to protect and preserve the country's natural wealth. Venezuela has 43 national parks and 36 natural monuments, and is the country in Latin America with the largest proportion of protected lands, with over 55 percent of its total territory. (Parks and monuments are only 17 percent of that total; the remaining protected areas are outside those parks and monuments.) The nation was ranked second in South America and ninth in the world on the Happy Planet Index of 2012, with a score of 56.9.[2]
Countless sewage systems with not only human waste but also chemicals pour into the sea all along the coast.[3]
Eastern Venezuela
Several recent oil spills have led to water pollution. In February 2012 a PDVSA pipeline ruptured next to the Guarapiche River and fouled it for many days. The technicians in charge refused to close down the pumping because they did not want to stop the process, and this led to massive pollution of the area.[4] A dam providing water to Maturín was said to be polluted, even though the national government denied this. This has led to a rupture between the national government and the Monagas governor.[5]
Valencia Lake and Valencia Basin
The Valencia Lake, formerly praised by Alexander von Humboldt for its beauty, is massively polluted due to the countless sewage systems pouring residuals.[6]
Pollution levels in the whole Carabobo area have increased over the years. After the Carabobo governor denounced tap water as no longer drinkable, Hugo Chávez said that was part of an agenda of fear and what the opposition governor said was "nearly criminal".[7]
The city of Valencia, Los Guayos, Guacara and many other locations get their water supply from the Pao-Cachinche dam to the south of Valencia. At the same time, this dam gets about 80% of the sewage systems from Valencia. The installations for water treatment, the responsibility of the national government centre Hidrocentro, are in disrepair. In 2007 the national government decided to pump water from the Valencia Lake – water unfit for human consumption – to the Pao-Cachinche dam. It installed a pumping plant in Los Guayos to do this.[8]
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January 31, 2023
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Environmental issues in Venezuela include natural factors such as earthquakes floods rockslides mudslides and periodic droughts Venezuela ranks among the world s most ecologically diverse countries 1 However it has suffered great environmental degradation 1 It has the third highest deforestation rate in South America 1 The Guri Dam one of the world s largest flooded a massive forested area and is now being filled with silt deposited by runoff from deforested areas 1 Environmental issues include sewage pollution into Valencia Lake oil and urban pollution of Maracaibo Lake deforestation soil degradation and urban and industrial pollution especially along the Caribbean coast 1 Current concerns also include irresponsible mining operations that endanger the rain forest ecosystem and indigenous peoples 1 Successive governments have attempted to develop environmental regulations However only 35 to 40 percent of Venezuela s land is regulated thus far 29 percent as part of national parks 1 Venezuela has ratified 14 international conventions regarding environmental protection and sustainable development while also taking forward looking steps internally to protect and preserve the country s natural wealth Venezuela has 43 national parks and 36 natural monuments and is the country in Latin America with the largest proportion of protected lands with over 55 percent of its total territory Parks and monuments are only 17 percent of that total the remaining protected areas are outside those parks and monuments The nation was ranked second in South America and ninth in the world on the Happy Planet Index of 2012 with a score of 56 9 2 Contents 1 Water pollution 1 1 Zulia Falcon area 1 2 Eastern Venezuela 1 3 Valencia Lake and Valencia Basin 2 Forests 3 See also 4 ReferencesWater pollution EditZulia Falcon area Edit Countless sewage systems with not only human waste but also chemicals pour into the sea all along the coast 3 Eastern Venezuela Edit Several recent oil spills have led to water pollution In February 2012 a PDVSA pipeline ruptured next to the Guarapiche River and fouled it for many days The technicians in charge refused to close down the pumping because they did not want to stop the process and this led to massive pollution of the area 4 A dam providing water to Maturin was said to be polluted even though the national government denied this This has led to a rupture between the national government and the Monagas governor 5 Valencia Lake and Valencia Basin Edit The Valencia Lake formerly praised by Alexander von Humboldt for its beauty is massively polluted due to the countless sewage systems pouring residuals 6 Pollution levels in the whole Carabobo area have increased over the years After the Carabobo governor denounced tap water as no longer drinkable Hugo Chavez said that was part of an agenda of fear and what the opposition governor said was nearly criminal 7 The city of Valencia Los Guayos Guacara and many other locations get their water supply from the Pao Cachinche dam to the south of Valencia At the same time this dam gets about 80 of the sewage systems from Valencia The installations for water treatment the responsibility of the national government centre Hidrocentro are in disrepair In 2007 the national government decided to pump water from the Valencia Lake water unfit for human consumption to the Pao Cachinche dam It installed a pumping plant in Los Guayos to do this 8 Forests EditVenezuela had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 8 78 10 ranking it 19th globally out of 172 countries 9 See also EditEl Palito oil spill Orinoco Mining ArcReferences Edit a b c d e f g Country Profile Venezuela PDF Federal Research Division Library of Congress March 2005 Retrieved November 5 2020 This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint postscript link Michael McCaughan January 2012 Venezuela s score Happy Planet Data p 32 ISBN 978 1 60980 116 8 Archived from the original on 18 June 2012 Retrieved 19 June 2012 Plain flanked Rail globally threatened bird forums Bird life international 4 September 2013 Retrieved 17 July 2014 Monagas Venezuela Oil Spill Fouls Guarapiche River Huffington Post 11 February 2012 Retrieved 12 July 2014 Vyas Kejal 2012 04 03 For Chavez Oil and Water Don t Mix Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved 2020 01 27 Jafe Espino Benitez Gardinali 1995 Pollution chronology of Lake Valencia Venezuela Springer Verlag New York Inc Chavez advierte a Salas Feo por declaraciones sobre contaminacion del agua El Nacional Archived from the original on 2 April 2012 Retrieved 12 July 2014 Venezuela PDF Universal Periodic Review UN Report October 2011 Retrieved 12 July 2014 Grantham H S Duncan A Evans T D Jones K R Beyer H L Schuster R Walston J Ray J C Robinson J G Callow M Clements T Costa H M DeGemmis A Elsen P R Ervin J Franco P Goldman E Goetz S Hansen A Hofsvang E Jantz P Jupiter S Kang A Langhammer P Laurance W F Lieberman S Linkie M Malhi Y Maxwell S Mendez M Mittermeier R Murray N J Possingham H Radachowsky J Saatchi S Samper C Silverman J Shapiro A Strassburg B Stevens T Stokes E Taylor R Tear T Tizard R Venter O Visconti P Wang S Watson J E M 2020 Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40 of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity Supplementary Material Nature Communications 11 1 doi 10 1038 s41467 020 19493 3 ISSN 2041 1723 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Environmental issues in Venezuela amp oldid 1134432921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
