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| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 21.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 0.22 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 0.09 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Environment - current issues | pollution of coastal waters and shorelines from discharges by pleasure yachts and other effluents; in some areas, pollution is severe enough to make swimming prohibitive; poor land use planning; deforestation; watershed management and squatter settlement control |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 8.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 2,000 cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 0 cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 31,561 tons (2015 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
