Réagir: pollution - GOLFE PERSIQUE
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Type: Poster
Duration: January 1991 - December 2001
The 1991 Gulf War led to one of the worst environmental pollution
of those last years. In January 1991, Iraqi army deliberately released
908 – 1741 million litrers of crude oil in the sea. A month later
they set ablaze more than 700 oil-wells. More than height
months were necessary to extinguish them. Several hundreds
millions of barrels went either to smoke or contaminated
the ground and water already limited in this region.
Data credit(s):
Stephane Kluser (UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva), Pascal Peduzzi (UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva)
GRID unit:
Global Change and Vulnerability
UNEP region: West Asia/Arabian Peninsula
UNEP priorities:
Harmful Substances
Project link(s):
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english version (2007, Size:0.14Mb)
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