Bolivia - Environment
As far as the environment of Bolivia is concerned, there have been the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation. 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 Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands,.
About the environment of Bolivia
| Climate | We have varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.33% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,219,052 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 574 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 140 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 1.92 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 25.23 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 21.61 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 21.01 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 34.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 3.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 30.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 52.5% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 13.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 71.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.936 million LA PAZ (capital), 1.820 million Santa Cruz, 1.400 million Cochabamba (2022); 278,000 Sucre (constitutional capital) (2018). |
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