South Korea - Environment
As far as the environment of South Korea is concerned, there have been air pollution in large cities; acid rain; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; drift net fishing; solid waste disposal; transboundary air pollution from China. 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, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, 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, Whaling.
About the environment of South Korea
Climate We have temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter; cold winters
Revenue from forest resources 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 18,218,975 tons (2014 est.)
Total renewable water resources 69.7 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 6.672 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 4.45 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 15.96 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 24.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 620.3 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 30.28 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 18.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 15.3% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 2.2% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 0.6% (2018 est.)
Forest 63.9% (2018 est.)
Other 18% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 81.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.31% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 9.988 million SEOUL (capital), 3.472 million Busan, 2.849 million Incheon, 2.181 million Daegu (Taegu), 1.577 million Daejon (Taejon), 1.529 million Gwangju (Kwangju) (2023).
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South Korea is found in Eastern Asia