Argentina - Environment
As far as the environment of Argentina is concerned, there have been environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation (erosion, salinization), desertification, air pollution, and water pollution. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Argentina
| Climate | We have mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.09% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 17,910,550 tons (2014 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 876.24 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Río de la Plata/Paraná river mouth (shared with Brazil [s], Paraguay, and Uruguay) - 4,880 km; Paraguay (shared with Brazil [s], and Paraguay [m]) - 2,549 km; Uruguay (shared with Brazil [s] and Uruguay [m]) - 1,610 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 5.85 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 27.93 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 12.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 201.35 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 120.66 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 53.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 13.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 39.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 10.7% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 35.4% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 92.5% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.97% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Córdoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucumán, 914,000 La Plata (2023). |
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