Bangladesh - Environment
As far as the environment of Bangladesh is concerned, there have been many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; waterborne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; destruction of wetlands; severe overpopulation with noise pollution. 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, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Bangladesh
Climate We have tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
Revenue from forest resources 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0.02% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,778,497 tons (2012 est.)
Total renewable water resources 1.23 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km) Brahmaputra river mouth (shared with China [s] and India) - 3,969 km; Ganges river mouth (shared with India [s]) - 2,704 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 3.6 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 770 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 31.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 45.99 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 84.25 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 59.3 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 70.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 59% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 6.5% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 4.6% (2018 est.)
Forest 11.1% (2018 est.)
Other 18.8% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 40.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 2.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 23.210 million DHAKA (capital), 5.380 million Chittagong, 955,000 Khulna, 962,000 Rajshahi, 964,000 Sylhet, 906,000 Bogra (2023).
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Bangladesh is found in Southern Asia