Mali - Environment
As far as the environment of Mali is concerned, there have been deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; loss of pasture land; 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, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Mali
| Climate | We have subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 2.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,937,354 tons (2012 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 120 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Niger (shared with Guinea [s], Niger, and Nigeria [m]) - 4,200 km; Senegal (shared with Guinea [s], Senegal, and Mauritania [m]) - 1,641 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 110 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 4 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 5.08 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 38.55 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 3.18 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 19.16 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 34.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 5.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 28.4% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 10.2% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 55.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 46.2% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 4.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.929 million BAMAKO (capital) (2023). |
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