Taiwan - Environment
As far as the environment of Taiwan is concerned, there have been air pollution; water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; .
About the environment of Taiwan
| Climate | We have tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); persistent and extensive cloudiness all year |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 7.336 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 67 cubic meters (2011) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 22.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 16.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 5.8% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 77.3% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 80.1% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.65% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 4.504 million New Taipei City, 2.754 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.319 million Taoyuan, 1.553 million Kaohsiung, 1.369 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2023). |
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