Eritrea - Environment
As far as the environment of Eritrea is concerned, there have been deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling.
About the environment of Eritrea
| Climate | We have hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 726,957 tons (2011 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 7.32 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1 million cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Agricultural | 550 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 22.74 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 0.71 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 4.48 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 75.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 6.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 68.3% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 15.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 9.8% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 43.3% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 3.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.073 million ASMARA (capital) (2023). |
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