Jamaica - Environment
As far as the environment of Jamaica is concerned, there have been heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston from vehicle emissions; land erosion. 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, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Jamaica
| Climate | We have tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.15% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,051,695 tons (2016 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 10.82 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 140 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1.1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 110 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 14.83 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 8.23 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 1.08 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 41.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 11.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 9.2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 21.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 31.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 27.5% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 57.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.79% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 597,000 KINGSTON (capital) (2023). |
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