Estonia - Environment
As far as the environment of Estonia is concerned, there have been air polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; however, the amounts of pollutants emitted into the air have fallen dramatically and the pollution load of wastewater at purification plants has decreased substantially due to improved technology and environmental monitoring; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas need to be monitored; coastal seawater is polluted in certain locations. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, 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 Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Estonia
Climate We have maritime; wet, moderate winters, cool summers
Revenue from forest resources 0.85% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 473,000 tons (2015 est.)
Total renewable water resources 12.81 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 60 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 790 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 4.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 6.35 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 16.59 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 0.99 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 22.2% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 14.9% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 7.2% (2018 est.)
Forest 52.1% (2018 est.)
Other 25.7% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 69.8% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization -0.03% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 454,000 TALLINN (capital) (2023).
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Estonia is found in Northern Europe