Jordan - Environment
As far as the environment of Jordan is concerned, there have been limited natural freshwater resources; declining water table; salinity; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; biodiversity and ecosystem damage/loss. 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 Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Jordan
| Climate | We have mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,529,997 tons (2013 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 940 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 500 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 40 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 570 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 25.87 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 25.11 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 6.04 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 11.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 8.4% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 1.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 87.5% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 92% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.98% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.232 million AMMAN (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Jordan
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