Pakistan - Environment
As far as the environment of Pakistan is concerned, there have been water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural freshwater resources; most of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; air pollution and noise pollution in urban areas. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Pakistan
| Climate | We have mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.1% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.06% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 30.76 million tons (2017 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 246.8 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Indus river mouth (shared with China [s] and India) - 3,610 km; Sutlej river mouth (shared with China [s] and India) - 1,372 km; Chenab river mouth (shared with India [s]) - 1,086 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 9.65 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 172.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 50.13 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 201.15 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 142.12 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 35.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 27.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 6.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 2.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 62.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 38% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.1% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 17.236 million Karachi, 13.979 million Lahore, 3.711 million Faisalabad, 2.415 million Gujranwala, 2.412 million Peshawar, 1.232 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2023). |
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