Chile - Environment
As far as the environment of Chile is concerned, there have been air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; noise pollution; improper garbage disposal; soil degradation; widespread deforestation and mining threaten the environment; wildlife conservation. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, 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, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Chile
| Climate | We have temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.49% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 6.517 million tons (2009 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 923.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.29 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1.66 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 29.42 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 20.49 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 85.82 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 15.97 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 21.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 1.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 18.8% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 21.9% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 57% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 88% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.78% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 6.903 million SANTIAGO (capital), 1.009 million Valparaiso, 912,000 Concepcion (2023). |
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