Main environmental problems in Venezuela

The problems that harm the environment in a country like Venezuela are very diverse and are mainly caused by overpopulation in urban areas, breaches of environmental laws, exploitation of resources and the increase in industries. Among the Environmental problems of Venezuela stand out:

• Water pollution.
• Air pollution.
• Accumulation of solid waste.
• Soil degradation.
• Deforestation and forest fires.
• Illegal mining.
• Traffic of wild species.

Rivers, beaches, lakes, lagoons and other water sheets are contaminated by the water that comes from industries and domestic use since this water is not treated. In addition to Unrelated wateranother even more dangerous pollutant damages the Water from Venezuela They are the spills of industrial waste from the oil and petrochemical industry. According to official studies, the Guaire rivers, Tuy (in the image below), the Tocuyo and Aroa and Los Lagos de Maracaibo and that of Valencia are the ones that present the greatest pollution. Regarding the Water pollution in Venezuela We cannot leave behind all the waste that generates tourists and inhabitants, plastics, glass and solid waste also contaminate the bodies of water.

Find out more about this environmental problem that not only happens in Venezuela, reading this other ecology article about the causes and consequences of water pollution.

The oil and petrochemical industries again take an important role, now in the Venezuela’s air pollution for all toxic gas emissions that generate. The big problem is that there are no measures that control these emissions.

Although the industries are very polluting, so are the millions of vehicles that are circulating every day on the roads of Venezuela. It is the big cities such as Caracas, Maracaibo or regions such as Ciudad Guayana or the eastern coastal region that are most affected due to the High urban and industrial concentration.

Know more about this environmental problem with these other articles on the types of air pollution and why the air is contaminated.

Although Venezuela is not a country too populated and not too many solid waste is generated, it is true that it does have a big problem regarding garbage accumulation. Venezuela does not have treatment plants, that eliminate or recycle the waste that is generated, has only some some garbage dumps and the vast majority do not receive technical guidelines to manage them. When the landfills are already complete, the waste is illegally deposited in green areas thus contributing to a landscape impact and of Water, soil and air pollution of the environment, in addition to being dangerous because they can be the origin of a fire if high temperatures occur.

The felling and burning of vegetation It is making approximately 32% of the natural areas of Venezuela devastated. This intervention in nature is done to exploit wood, to build roads, as well as for agriculture and livestock. The vast majority of fires are causedalthough others are produced by having abandoned forests, full of garbage and with dry foliage.

Venezuela has a large part of the territory protected by its ecological value, although this is also being affected by deforestation and burns. One of the most affected places is the Ticoporo forest reserve, in which 72,000 hectares of the 270,000 protected hectares are being intended for the use of the human being.

Learn more about the causes of deforestation in this other article.

We have mentioned that the territory is being used for agricultural purposes, the use of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers, in short, chemicals is causing the soils to be contaminated and degraded. Actually, what is happening is that the use of these products is being indiscriminate by intensive agriculture that occurs in the country. As a consequence of Soil pollution in Venezuelafoods that are produced in it will also be contaminated, as well as groundwater by The leachate of these pollutants.

The Amazon is being very affected by the mining exploitationsince in order to carry out the exploitation, miners clear all vegetation in addition to changing the course of water bodies. The mining that is practiced is legal and illegal And in addition to the problems it has for the environment, it is a source of violence since these spaces are controlled by mafias.

In this other post you can learn more about how mineral extraction affects the environment.

A Excessive hunting of native exotic species of the ecosystems found in Venezuela. The end of this hunt is for commercial reasons, usually illegal. If we add the rest of the impacts that wild ecosystems receive, we see that the species that inhabit it are constantly danger.

Here we talk to you more about this problem that is not only one of the environmental problems in Venezuela, as well as economic, but also occurs in much of the world: causes and consequences of the poaching of animals, how to avoid poaching of animals and how to avoid illegal animal trafficking.

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