Venezuela - Environment
As far as the environment of Venezuela is concerned, there have been sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from irresponsible mining operations. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Venezuela
| Climate | We have tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 9,779,093 tons (2010 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 1.33 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Rio Negro (shared with Colombia [s] and Brazil [m]) - 2,250 km; Orinoco river source and mouth (shared with Colombia) - 2,101 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 5.12 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 790 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 16.71 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 16.21 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 164.18 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 68.66 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 24.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 3.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 20.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 52.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 23.4% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 88.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.16% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.972 million CARACAS (capital), 2.368 million Maracaibo, 1.983 million Valencia, 1.254 million Barquisimeto, 1.243 million Maracay, 964,000 Ciudad Guayana (2023). |
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