Niger - Environment
As far as the environment of Niger is concerned, there have been overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; contaminated water; inadequate potable water; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened because of poaching and habitat destruction. 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, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands.
About the environment of Niger
| Climate | We have desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 4.41% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,865,646 tons (1993 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 34.05 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Niger (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, Benin, and Nigeria [m]) - 4,200 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 190 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 40 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 2.35 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 50.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 2.02 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 22.99 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 35.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 12.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 22.7% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 63.9% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 17.1% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 4.72% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.437 million NIAMEY (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Niger
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