Libya - Environment
As far as the environment of Libya is concerned, there have been desertification; limited natural freshwater resources; water pollution; threats to coastal ecosystem from sewage, oil byproducts, and industrial waste. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Libya
| Climate | We have Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,147,596 tons (2011 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 280 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 4.85 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 29.84 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 50.56 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 45.76 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 8.7% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 1% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.2% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 7.6% (2022 est.) |
| Forest | 0.1% (2022 est.) |
| Other | 91.2% (2022 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 81.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.183 million TRIPOLI (capital), 984,000 Misratah, 859,000 Benghazi (2023). |
All Important Facts about Libya
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