Editing Geography of Mali (section)

==Environmental issues==
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Mali faces numerous environmental challenges, including [[desertification]], deforestation, soil erosion, drought, and inadequate supplies of potable water. Deforestation is an especially serious and growing problem. According to the Ministry of the
Environment, Mali's population consumes 6 million tons of wood per year for timber and fuel. To meet this demand, 400,000 hectares of tree cover are lost annually, virtually ensuring destruction of the country's savanna woodlands.<ref name=cp/>

Mali is a party to international treaties on [[Biodiversity]], [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|Climate Change]], [[Kyoto Protocol|Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol]], [[Desertification]], [[Endangered Species]], [[Hazardous Wastes]], [[Law of the Sea]], [[Ozone Layer Protection]], [[Wetland]]s, and [[Whaling]]. It has signed, but not ratified the selected agreements.