Curaçao - Environment
As far as the environment of Curaçao is concerned, there have been
waste management, including pollution of marine areas from domestic sewage, inadequate sewage treatment facilities, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff, mismanagement of toxic substances, and ineffective regulations; damage from neglect and a lack of controls at major refinery
. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; .About the environment of Curaçao
| Climate | We have tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in mild temperatures; semiarid with average rainfall of 60 cm/year |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 24,704 tons (2013 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | NA |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Air pollutants | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 5.39 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 0% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 10% (2018) |
| Forest | 0.2% (2022 est.) |
| Other | 99.8% (2022 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 89% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 144,000 WILLEMSTAD (capital) (2018). |
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