Tunis

Petroleum, iron ore, phosphates, lead, zinc, salt, arable land

arable land: 19%, permanent crops: 13%, permanent pastures: 20%; forests and woodlands: 4%, other: 44% (1993 est.)

Toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and presents human health risks; water pollution from raw sewage, limited fresh water natural resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

An environmental commitment has been made by the government (via an international treaty) in the following areas: Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer, CFC Control, Biological Diversity. Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.

Temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south

Mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara

163,610

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