Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Environment
As far as the environment of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is concerned, there have been pollution of coastal waters and shorelines from discharges by pleasure yachts and other effluents; in some areas, pollution is severe enough to make swimming prohibitive; poor land use planning; deforestation; watershed management and squatter settlement control. 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, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling.
About the environment of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Climate We have tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
Revenue from forest resources 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 31,561 tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 100 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 10 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 2,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)
Agricultural 0 cubic meters (2017 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 9.41 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 0.22 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 0.09 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 25.6% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 12.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 7.7% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 5.1% (2018 est.)
Forest 68.7% (2018 est.)
Other 5.7% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 54.3% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.94% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 27,000 KINGSTOWN (capital) (2018).
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