Cameroon - Environment
As far as the environment of Cameroon is concerned, there have been waterborne diseases are prevalent; deforestation and overgrazing result in erosion, desertification, and reduced quality of pastureland; poaching; overfishing; overhunting. 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, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Cameroon
| Climate | We have varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 2.5% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,270,617 tons (2013 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 283.15 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 250 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 100 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 740 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 56.37 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 8.29 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 30.71 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 20.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 13.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 3.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 4.2% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 41.7% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 37.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 59.3% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 3.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 4.509 million YAOUNDE (capital), 4.063 million Douala (2023). |
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