Bahamas - Environment
As far as the environment of Bahamas is concerned, there have been coral reef decay; solid 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Bahamas
| Climate | We have tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 264,000 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 5.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 1.79 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 0.23 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 1.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 0.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0.2% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 51.4% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 47.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 83.6% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.02% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 280,000 NASSAU (capital) (2018). |
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