Kiribati - Environment
As far as the environment of Kiribati is concerned, there have been heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to overcrowding mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk; potential for water shortages, disease; coastal erosion. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Kiribati
| Climate | We have tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.04% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 35,724 tons (2016 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 0 cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 7.62 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 0.07 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 0.02 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 42% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 39.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 15% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 43% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 57.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.77% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 64,000 TARAWA (capital) (2018). |
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