The hazardous waste problem has a big impact on regional environmental cooperation because of conflicts over transboundary shipping of hazardous materials. CEE environmental experts have highly ranked the problem of deforestation. This affects entire ecosystems and pristine natural areas. Deforestation has significance beyond the loss of trees as it also hastens soil erosion, reduces the water retention capacity of the landscape, and exacerbates the problem of global warming. Deforestation usually comes as a direct result of air and water pollution.
Acid rain is a frequent phenomenon in and around industrial areas.
Thousands of hectares of mountain forest were lost due to SO2 and NOx pollution emitted by power plants fueled by hard or brown coal. Deforestation is also reported as a result of intensive logging for fuel by local populations. In some parts of southern CEE deforestation has been caused by extensive fires, the conditions for which were set by recent years of extremely dry weather. The response 62. The list of environmental problems identified here is certainly not all inclusive.