Guyana - Environment
As far as the environment of Guyana is concerned, there have been water pollution from sewage and agricultural and industrial chemicals; deforestation. 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, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006.
About the environment of Guyana
| Climate | We have tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 4.56% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 179,252 tons (2010 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 271 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 60 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 20 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 1.36 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 11.11 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 2.38 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 1.81 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 8.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 6.2% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 77.4% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 14.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 27.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.01% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 110,000 GEORGETOWN (capital) (2018). |
All Important Facts about Guyana
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