Environment - current issues | depletion of freshwater aquifers threatens water supplies; inadequate sewage treatment; coral reef bleaching |
Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 7.63 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 1.44 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 0.14 megatons (2020 est.) |
Total water withdrawal | municipal: 5.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 300,000 cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 0 cubic meters (2017 est.) |
Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 211,506 tons (2015 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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