Sri Lanka - Environment
As far as the environment of Sri Lanka is concerned, there have been deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; coral reef destruction; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Sri Lanka
| Climate | We have tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.06% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,631,650 tons (2016 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 52.8 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 810 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 830 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 11.31 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 23.88 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 23.36 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 10.95 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 43.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 20.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 15.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 7% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 29.4% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 27.1% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 19.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.22% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 633,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2023). |
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