Philippines - Environment
As far as the environment of Philippines is concerned, there have been uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; illegal mining and logging; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds; coastal erosion; dynamite fishing; wildlife extinction. 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, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Philippines
Climate We have tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Revenue from forest resources 0.18% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0.07% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,631,923 tons (2016 est.)
Total renewable water resources 479 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 8.16 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 9.88 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 67.83 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 22.45 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 122.29 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 51.32 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 41% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 18.2% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 17.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 5% (2018 est.)
Forest 25.9% (2018 est.)
Other 33.1% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 48.3% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 2.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 14.667 million MANILA (capital), 1.949 million Davao, 1.025 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 960,000 Antipolo, 803,000 Cagayan de Oro City, 803,000 Dasmarinas (2023).
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Philippines is found in South-Eastern Asia