Turkmenistan - Environment
As far as the environment of Turkmenistan is concerned, there have been contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water logging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; diversion of a large share of the flow of the Amu Darya into irrigation contributes to that river's inability to replenish the Aral Sea; soil erosion; desertification. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Turkmenistan
Climate We have subtropical desert
Revenue from forest resources 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 500,000 tons (2013 est.)
Total renewable water resources 24.77 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km) Amu Darya (shared with Tajikistan [s], Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan [m]) - 2,620 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 450 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 810 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 16.12 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 26.41 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 70.63 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 52.09 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 72% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 4.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 67.8% (2018 est.)
Forest 8.8% (2018 est.)
Other 19.2% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 54% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 2.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 902,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2023).
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Turkmenistan is found in Central Asia