Panama - Environment
As far as the environment of Panama is concerned, there have been water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Panama
| Climate | We have tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.08% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,472,262 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 139.3 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 760 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 10 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 450 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 11.78 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 10.71 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 5.97 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 30.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 7.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 2.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 20.7% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 43.6% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 25.9% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 69.5% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.977 million PANAMA CITY (capital) (2023). |
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