Burundi - Environment
As far as the environment of Burundi is concerned, there have been soil erosion as a result of overgrazing and the expansion of agriculture into marginal lands; deforestation (little forested land remains because of uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel); habitat loss threatens wildlife populations. 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, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands.
About the environment of Burundi
| Climate | We have equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees Celsius but is generally moderate; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm with two wet seasons (February to May and September to November) and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 10.31% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,872,016 tons (2002 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 12.54 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 40 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 20 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 220 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 28 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 0.5 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 1.42 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 73.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 38.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 15.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 18.8% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 6.6% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 20.1% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 14.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 5.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.207 million BUJUMBURA (capital) (2023). |
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