Morocco - Environment
As far as the environment of Morocco is concerned, there have been in the north, land degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water and soil pollution due to dumping of industrial wastes into the ocean and inland water sources, and onto the land; in the south, desertification; overgrazing; sparse water and lack of arable land. 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Morocco
| Climate | We have Mediterranean in the north, becoming more extreme in the interior; in the south, hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.13% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 6.852 million tons (2014 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 29 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Draa - 1,100 km |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.06 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 210 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 9.16 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 13.44 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 61.28 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 17.16 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 67.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 17.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 2.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 47.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 11.5% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 21% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 65.1% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.893 million Casablanca, 1.959 million RABAT (capital), 1.290 million Fes, 1.314 million Tangier, 1.050 million Marrakech, 979,000 Agadir (2023). |
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