| Air pollutants | particulate matter emissions: 18.38 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.) carbon dioxide emissions: 122.29 megatons (2016 est.) methane emissions: 51.32 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Environment - current issues | uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; illegal mining and logging; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds; coastal erosion; dynamite fishing; wildlife extinction |
| 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, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Total water withdrawal | municipal: 8.929 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) industrial: 15.85 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) agricultural: 67.97 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Revenue from forest resources | forest revenues: 0.18% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | coal revenues: 0.07% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,631,923 tons (2016 est.) municipal solid waste recycled annually: 4,096,938 tons (2014 est.) percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 28% (2014 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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