New Zealand - Environment
As far as the environment of New Zealand is concerned, there have been water quality and availability; rapid urbanization; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation; native flora and fauna hard-hit by invasive species. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, 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, Whaling.
About the environment of New Zealand
Climate We have temperate with sharp regional contrasts
Revenue from forest resources 0.5% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 3.405 million tons (2016 est.)
Total renewable water resources 327 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 500 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 1.18 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 3.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 8.61 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 34.38 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 34.3 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 43.2% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 1.8% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 41.1% (2018 est.)
Forest 31.4% (2018 est.)
Other 25.4% (2018 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 87% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 1.673 million Auckland, 422,000 WELLINGTON (capital) (2023).
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New Zealand is found in Australia and New Zealand