Senegal - Environment
As far as the environment of Senegal is concerned, there have been deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; periodic droughts; seasonal flooding; overfishing; weak environmental protective laws; wildlife populations threatened by poaching. 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 Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Senegal
| Climate | We have tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 1.46% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,454,059 tons (2016 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 38.97 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Senegal (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, and Mauritania [m] ) - 1,641 km; Gambie (Gambia) (shared with Guinea [s] and The Gambia [m]) - 1,094 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 260 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 58 million cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Agricultural | 2.76 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 38.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 10.9 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 11.74 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 46.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 17.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 29.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 43.8% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 9.4% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 49.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 3.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.340 million DAKAR (capital) (2023). |
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