Environment - current issues | deforestation (overuse of wood for fuel and lack of alternatives); forest degradation; soil erosion; contaminated water (with human and animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents); unmanaged solid-waste; wildlife conservation; vehicular emissions |
Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Marine Life Conservation |
Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 94.33 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 9.11 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 41.15 megatons (2020 est.) |
Total water withdrawal | municipal: 147.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 29.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 9.32 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.45% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,768,977 tons (2016 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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