Angola - Environment
As far as the environment of Angola is concerned, there have been overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; 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 Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution.
About the environment of Angola
| Climate | We have semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.36% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,213,644 tons (2012 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 148.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Rio Zambeze (Zambezi) (shared with Zambia [s], Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km; Rio Cubango (Okavango) river source (shared with Namibia and Botswana [m]) - 1,600 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 320 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 240 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 150 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 27.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 34.69 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 23.28 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 45.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 3.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 41.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 54.3% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 68.7% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 4.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 9.292 million LUANDA (capital), 959,000 Lubango, 905,000 Cabinda, 809,000 Benguela, 783,000 Malanje (2023). |
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