Afghanistan: Afghanistan Faces Sharp Decline in Forests and Water Resources: Report

May 15, 2026
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Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) publicly released the Afghanistan Environment Status Assessment Report during an event in Kabul attended by representatives of regional countries and the United Nations. The report identifies several major environmental challenges, including the decline of forest cover to less than two percent of the country’s total land area, widespread degradation of rangelands, a significant reduction in wetlands and other aquatic ecosystems, severe depletion of groundwater in urban and agricultural areas, shrinking urban green spaces, heavy air pollution in major cities, and the increasing harmful effects of climate change.