Afghanistan initial national communication to the United Nations framework convention on climate change / Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, National Environmental Protection Agency.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Afghanistan] : National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), [2015].Description: 135 pages : color illustration, color maps ; 30 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet GE320. A33.
Contents:
Contents: 1. National circumstances—2. Green house inventory of Afghanistan—3. Vulnerability assessment and adaptation—5. Systematic observation and research—6. Other invromation—7. Constraints and gaps and related financial and technical needs—References—Annexes.
Summary: Summary: “Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous and very dry country in South and Central Asia with an area of 647,500 square kilometers and population of about 26 million. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. Afghanistan has an arid and semi-arid continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. The climate varies substantially from one region to another due to dramatic changes in topography. The wet season generally runs from winter through early spring, but the country on the whole is dry, falling within the Desert or Desert Steppe climate classification…”—(page v).
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Environment Environment Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet GE320.A33.I658 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000547926
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Cover title.
“Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, National Environmental Protection Agency”—at head of title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: 1. National circumstances—2. Green house inventory of Afghanistan—3. Vulnerability assessment and adaptation—5. Systematic observation and research—6. Other invromation—7. Constraints and gaps and related financial and technical needs—References—Annexes.

Summary: “Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous and very dry country in South and Central Asia with an area of 647,500 square kilometers and population of about 26 million. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. Afghanistan has an arid and semi-arid continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. The climate varies substantially from one region to another due to dramatic changes in topography. The wet season generally runs from winter through early spring, but the country on the whole is dry, falling within the Desert or Desert Steppe climate classification…”—(page v).

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