Malaysia - Environment
As far as the environment of Malaysia is concerned, there have been air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires; endangered species; coastal reclamation damaging mangroves and turtle nesting sites. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, 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 Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Malaysia
| Climate | We have tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 1.57% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 12,982,685 tons (2014 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 580 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.34 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1.64 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 2.51 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 21.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 248.29 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 51.51 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 23.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 19.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0.9% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 62% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 14.8% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 78.7% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 8.622 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.086 million Johor Bahru, 857,000 Ipoh (2023). |
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