Lithuania - Environment
As far as the environment of Lithuania is concerned, there have been water pollution; air pollution; deforestation; threatened animal and plant species; chemicals and waste materials released into the environment contaminate soil and groundwater; soil degradation and erosion. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Lithuania
Climate We have transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Revenue from forest resources 0.31% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.3 million tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 24.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 140 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 10.37 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 12.96 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 3.15 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 44.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 34.9% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.5% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 9.4% (2018 est.)
Forest 34.6% (2018 est.)
Other 20.6% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 68.7% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization -0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2023).
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Lithuania is found in Northern Europe