Finland - Environment
As far as the environment of Finland is concerned, there have been limited air pollution in urban centers; some water pollution from industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, 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, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Finland
Climate We have cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
Revenue from forest resources 0.36% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.738 million tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 110 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 500 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 5.47 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 45.87 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 4.46 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 7.5% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 7.4% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 0.1% (2018 est.)
Forest 72.9% (2018 est.)
Other 19.6% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 85.8% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.42% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 1.338 million HELSINKI (capital) (2023).
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Finland is found in Northern Europe