Colombia - Environment
As far as the environment of Colombia is concerned, there have been deforestation resulting from timber exploitation in the jungles of the Amazon and the region of Chocó; illicit drug crops grown by peasants in the national parks; soil erosion; soil and water quality damage from overuse of pesticides; air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle emissions. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Colombia
| Climate | We have tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.1% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.75% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 12,150,120 tons (2011 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 2.36 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Rio Negro river source (shared with Venezuela and Brazil [m]) - 2,250 km; Orinoco (shared with Venezuela [s]) - 2,101 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 3.72 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 360 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 25.04 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 14.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 97.81 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 81.52 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 37.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 1.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 34.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 54.4% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 8.1% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 82.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.01% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 11.508 million BOGOTA (capital), 4.102 million Medellin, 2.864 million Cali, 2.349 million Barranquilla, 1.381 million Bucaramanga, 1.088 million Cartagena (2023). |
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