Ecuador - Environment
As far as the environment of Ecuador is concerned, there have been . As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; .
About the environment of Ecuador
| Climate | We have tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5.297 million tons (2024 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 442.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.293 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Industrial | 549 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural | 8.076 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 21.5% (2023 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 4.1% (2023 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 5.6% (2023 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 11.8% (2023 est.) |
| Forest | 49.8% (2023 est.) |
| Other | 28.6% (2023 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 64.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.62% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.142 million Guayaquil, 1.957 million QUITO (capital) (2023). |
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