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Regional Information

Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania

Capital City

Chisinau (Kishinev)
Regional Relationships

Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor the transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away Transnistria region, which remains under OSCE supervision
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including banned pesticides such as DDT, has contaminated soil and groundwater; extensive soil erosion from poor farming methods

International Agreements

Party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
Climate

Moderate winters, warm summers