Netherlands - Environment
As far as the environment of Netherlands is concerned, there have been water and air pollution are significant environmental problems; pollution of the country's rivers from industrial and agricultural chemicals, including heavy metals, organic compounds, nitrates, and phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities. 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, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, 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, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Netherlands
Climate We have temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters
Revenue from forest resources 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 8.855 million tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 91 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km) Rijn (Rhine) river mouth (shared with Switzerland [s], Germany, and France) - 1,233 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 2.05 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 5.94 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 31 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 10.74 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 170.78 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 17.79 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 55.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 29.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 24.2% (2018 est.)
Forest 10.8% (2018 est.)
Other 34.1% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 93.2% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 1.174 million AMSTERDAM (capital), 1.018 million Rotterdam (2023).
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Netherlands is found in Western Europe