Albania - Environment
As far as the environment of Albania is concerned, there have been deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents; air pollution from industrial and power plants; loss of biodiversity due to lack of resources for sound environmental management. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Albania
| Climate | We have mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.18% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,142,964 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 30.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 230 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 20 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 550 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 16.28 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 4.54 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 2.55 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 42.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 22.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 17.4% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 28.8% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 28.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 64.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 520,000 TIRANA (capital) (2023). |
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