Desk Study on the Environment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Publisher: UNEP

Date: 2003

Topics: Assessment

Countries: Palestine

“The Middle East is a meeting point of many escalating environmental threats. This is particularly the case in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Long-term environmental degradation has occurred over the decades spanning several conflicts. In an already densely populated area, there are additional problems of scarcity of water resources and land, rapid population growth, long-lasting refugee situation, climate change, desertification and land degradation.”