Georgia - Environment
As far as the environment of Georgia is concerned, there have been air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy water pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals; land and forest degradation; biodiversity loss; waste management. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Georgia
| Climate | We have warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.07% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 800,000 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 63.33 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 610 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 340 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 710 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 19.06 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 10.13 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 6.05 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 35.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 5.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 27.9% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 39.4% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 25.1% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 60.7% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.082 million TBILISI (capital) (2023). |
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