<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> no official territorial claims by either Moldova or Romania, but nationalists in Romania seek the merger of Moldova into Romania; potential future dispute by Moldova and Romania against Ukraine over former southern and northern Bessarabian areas and Northern Bukovina ceded to Ukraine upon Moldova's incorporation into USSR
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 9%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 28%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 2,920 sq km (1990)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including banned pesticides such as DDT, has contaminated soil and groundwater; extensive soil erosion from poor farming methods
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change