Ghana - Environment
As far as the environment of Ghana is concerned, there have been recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threaten wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Ghana
| Climate | We have tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 3.51% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 3,538,275 tons (2005 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 56.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Volta river mouth (shared with Burkina Faso [s]) - 1,600 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 300 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 100 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 1.07 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 46.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 16.67 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 22.75 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 69.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 20.7% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 11.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 36.5% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 21.2% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 9.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 59.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 3.06% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.768 million Kumasi, 2.660 million ACCRA (capital), 1.078 million Sekondi Takoradi (2023). |
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