Uganda - Environment
As far as the environment of Uganda is concerned, there have been draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial discharge and water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching. 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, Wetlands.
About the environment of Uganda
| Climate | We have tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 7.32% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 7,045,050 tons (2016 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 60.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 330 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 50 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 260 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 31.31 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 5.68 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 30.24 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 71.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 34.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 11.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 25.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 14.5% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 14.3% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 26.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 5.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.846 million KAMPALA (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Uganda
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