Cuba - Environment
As far as the environment of Cuba is concerned, there have been soil degradation and desertification (brought on by poor farming techniques and natural disasters) are the main environmental problems; biodiversity loss; deforestation; air and water pollution. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; 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, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Cuba
| Climate | We have tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.06% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,692,692 tons (2007 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 38.12 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 740 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 4.52 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 13.32 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 28.28 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 9.3 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 60.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 33.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 3.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 22.9% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 27.3% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 12.4% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 77.5% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.19% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.149 million HAVANA (capital) (2023). |
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