q Inexistent or inappropriate water management;
q Large-scale forest destruction and
erosion;
q Overgrazing;
q Over-exploitation of medicinal plants, fishes and
other natural resources;
q Ecologically unsound irrigation
practices;
q Water and soil contamination from
uncontrolled use of pesticides, raw sewage
q Deposits and lake siltation;
q Uncontrolled urban and other forms of
development;
q Pressure from increasing and uncontrolled
tourism development.