Thailand - Environment
As far as the environment of Thailand is concerned, there have been air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; water scarcity; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting; hazardous 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 Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Thailand
| Climate | We have tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.34% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 26,853,366 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 438.61 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Mae Nam Khong (Mekong) (shared with China [s], Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam [m]) - 4,350 km; Salween (shared with China [s] and Burma [m]) - 3,060 km; Mun - 1,162 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 2.74 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 2.78 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 51.79 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 24.64 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 283.76 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 86.98 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 41.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 30.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 8.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 1.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 37.2% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 21.6% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 53.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 11.070 million BANGKOK (capital), 1.454 Chon Buri, 1.359 million Samut Prakan, 1.213 million Chiang Mai, 1.005 million Songkla, 1.001 million Nothaburi (2023). |
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