Finland - Environment
As far as the environment of Finland is concerned, there have been limited air pollution in urban centers; some water pollution from industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, 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, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Finland
| Climate | We have cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.36% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.738 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 110 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 500 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 5.47 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 45.87 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 4.46 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 7.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 7.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 72.9% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 19.6% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 85.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.42% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.338 million HELSINKI (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Finland
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