Namibia - Environment
As far as the environment of Namibia is concerned, there have been depletion and degradation of water and aquatic resources; desertification; land degradation; loss of biodiversity and biotic resources; wildlife poaching. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Namibia
Climate We have desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
Revenue from forest resources 0.47% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 256,729 tons (1993 est.)
Total renewable water resources 39.91 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km) Zambezi (shared with Zambia [s]), Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km; Orange river mouth (shared with Lesotho [s], and South Africa) - 2,092 km; Okavango (shared with Angola [s], and Botswana [m]) - 1,600 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 70 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 201 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 11.81 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 4.23 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 10.4 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 47.2% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 46.2% (2018 est.)
Forest 8.8% (2018 est.)
Other 44% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 54.9% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 3.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 477,000 WINDHOEK (capital) (2023).
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Namibia is found in Southern Africa