Dominica - Environment
As far as the environment of Dominica is concerned, there have been water shortages a continuing concern; pollution from agrochemicals and from untreated sewage; forests endangered by the expansion of farming; soil erosion; pollution of the coastal zone by agricultural and industrial chemicals, and untreated sewage. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling.
About the environment of Dominica
| Climate | We have tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 13,176 tons (2013 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 200 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 20 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 0 cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Agricultural | 1 million cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 8.22 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 0.18 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 0.04 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 34.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 24% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 2.7% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 59.2% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 6.1% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 72% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.84% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 15,000 ROSEAU (capital) (2018). |
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