Lebanon - Environment
As far as the environment of Lebanon is concerned, there have been deforestation; soil deterioration, erosion; desertification; species loss; air pollution in Beirut from vehicular traffic and the burning of industrial wastes; pollution of coastal waters from raw sewage and oil spills; waste-water management. 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Lebanon
| Climate | We have Mediterranean; mild to cool, wet winters with hot, dry summers; the Lebanon Mountains experience heavy winter snows |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 2.04 million tons (2014 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 4.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 240 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 900 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 700 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 24.23 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 24.8 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 3.37 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 63.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 11.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 12.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 39.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 13.4% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 23.3% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 89.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | -1.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.421 million BEIRUT (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Lebanon
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