Kenya - Environment
As far as the environment of Kenya is concerned, there have been water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; water shortage and degraded water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; flooding; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching. 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, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Kenya
| Climate | We have varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 1.3% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,595,099 tons (2010 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 30.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 500 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 300 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 3.23 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 12.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 17.91 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 37.65 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 48.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 9.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 37.4% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 6.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 45.8% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 29.5% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 4.09% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 5.325 million NAIROBI (capital), 1.440 million Mombassa (2023). |
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