Myanmar - Environment
As far as the environment of Myanmar is concerned, there have been deforestation; industrial pollution of air, soil, and water; inadequate sanitation and water treatment contribute to disease; rapid depletion of the country's natural resources. 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Myanmar
| Climate | We have tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 1.69% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,677,307 tons (2000 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 1.2 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Mekong (shared with China [s], Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam [m]) - 4,350 km; Salween river mouth (shared with China [s] and Thailand) - 3,060 km; Irrawaddy river mouth (shared with China [s]) - 2,809 km; Chindwin - 1,158 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 3.32 billion cubic meters (2019 est.) |
| Industrial | 500 million cubic meters (2019 est.) |
| Agricultural | 29.57 billion cubic meters (2019 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 27.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 25.28 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 42.2 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 19.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 16.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 2.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 48.2% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 32.6% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 32.1% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.85% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 5.610 million RANGOON (Yangon) (capital), 1.532 million Mandalay (2023). |
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