Tanzania - Environment
As far as the environment of Tanzania is concerned, there have been water pollution; improper management of liquid waste; indoor air pollution caused by the burning of fuel wood or charcoal for cooking and heating is a large environmental health issue; soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory; loss of biodiversity; solid waste disposal. 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 Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Tanzania
| Climate | We have varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 2.19% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,276,995 tons (2012 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 96.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 530 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 4.63 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 15.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 11.97 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 59.08 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 43.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 14.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 2.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 27.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 37.3% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 19% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 37.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023). |
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