Ivory Coast - Environment
As far as the environment of Ivory Coast is concerned, there have been deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage, and from industrial, mining, and agricultural effluents. 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, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Ivory Coast
Climate We have tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)
Revenue from forest resources 2.04% of GDP (2016 est.)
Revenue from coal 0% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 4,440,814 tons (2010 est.)
Total renewable water resources 84.14 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 320 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 240 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 600 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 40.41 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 9.67 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 10.3 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 64.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 9.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 14.2% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 41.5% (2018 est.)
Forest 32.7% (2018 est.)
Other 2.5% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 53.1% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 3.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 231,000 YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) (2018), 5.686 million ABIDJAN (seat of government) (2023).
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Ivory Coast is found in Western Africa