Cambodia - Environment
As far as the environment of Cambodia is concerned, there have been illegal logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for gems in the western region along the border with Thailand have resulted in habitat loss and declining biodiversity (in particular, destruction of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas, most of the population does not have access to potable water; declining fish stocks because of illegal fishing and overfishing; coastal ecosystems choked by sediment washed loose from deforested areas inland. 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, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Cambodia
| Climate | We have tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.84% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.089 million tons (2014 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 476.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Mekong (shared with China [s], Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam [m]) - 4,350 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 100 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 2.05 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 17.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 9.92 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 14.88 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 32.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 22.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 8.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 56.5% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 11.4% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 25.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 3.06% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.281 million PHNOM PENH (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Cambodia
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