Belarus - Environment
As far as the environment of Belarus is concerned, there have been soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, 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.
About the environment of Belarus
| Climate | We have cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 1.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.28 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 57.9 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Dnyapro (Dnieper) (shared with Russia [s] and Ukraine [m]) - 2,287 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 550 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 410 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 370 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 15.48 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 58.28 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 17.19 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 43.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 27.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 15.9% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 42.7% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 13.6% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 80.7% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.057 million MINSK (capital) (2023). |
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