Guatemala - Environment
As far as the environment of Guatemala is concerned, there have been deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of Guatemala
| Climate | We have tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.78% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2,756,741 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 127.91 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 840 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 600 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 1.89 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 20.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 16.78 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 10.7 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 41.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 14.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 8.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 18.2% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 33.6% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 25.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 53.1% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.095 million GUATEMALA CITY (capital) (2023). |
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