submitted by the National Environmental Protection Agency.
Kabul, Afghanistan : National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), 2014.
49 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm.
Summary: “Main pressures on the environment and the drivers of change to biodiversity (direct and indirect) : The main threats to Afghanistan’s biodiversity are conversion of land for agriculture and housing, illegal hunting, deforestation, over-grazing, shrub collection, dryland farming, water diversion, and climate change. These threats have become more serious during the last three decades. For instance, deforestation continues today and it has been estimated that firewood harvest for the Kabul market alone results in the destruction of 10,000 ha of oak forest and 15,000 ha of juniper forest each year in Paktia and Khost Provinces…”—(page summary).