Fiji - Environment
As far as the environment of Fiji is concerned, there have been the widespread practice of waste incineration is a major contributor to air pollution in the country, as are vehicle emissions in urban areas; deforestation and soil erosion are significant problems; a contributory factor to erosion is clearing of land by bush burning, a widespread practice that threatens biodiversity. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Fiji
| Climate | We have tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.59% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 189,390 tons (2011 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 28.55 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 10 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 50 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 7.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 2.05 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 0.95 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 23.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 4.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 9.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 55.7% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 21% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 58.7% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.37% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 178,000 SUVA (capital) (2018). |
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