environmental issues Lack of landfills for hazardous waste, rural exodus and the associated problems in the urban peripheral zones. Lack of freshwater resources in the north, inland and southwest, poor quality of drinking water, and industrial water pollution in the metropolitan areas around the capital and the industrial cities along the border with the US. […]
| environmental issues | Lack of landfills for hazardous waste, rural exodus and the associated problems in the urban peripheral zones. Lack of freshwater resources in the north, inland and southwest, poor quality of drinking water, and industrial water pollution in the metropolitan areas around the capital and the industrial cities along the border with the US. These cities face also serious air pollution. Deforestation and the associated large-scale soil erosion. Loss of quality and leaching of agricultural land, desertification. In the high valley of Mexico, the dwindling groundwater reserves cause a lowering of the once swampy subsoil. The lack of clean drinking water and increasing deforestation are considered national security concerns. |
| International environmental agreements | signed, but not ratified: Convention on Biodiversity Climate Framework Convention Kyoto Protocol UN Convention to Combat Desertification Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Basel Convention on the Transboundary Transport of Hazardous Wastes United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 Additional Protocol of 1978 to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (MARPOL) Marine Life Conservation Ozone Layer ProtectionInternational Convention for the Regulation of Whaling Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat(Ramsar Convention) |