Slovakia - Environment
As far as the environment of Slovakia is concerned, there have been air pollution and acid rain present human health risks and damage forests; land erosion caused by agricultural and mining practices; water pollution. 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 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Slovakia
| Climate | We have temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.22% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.784 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 50.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Dunaj (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 290 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 230 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 15.89 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 32.42 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 4.43 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 40.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 28.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 10.8% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 40.2% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 19.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 54% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.17% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 441,000 BRATISLAVA (capital) (2023). |
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