Peru - Environment
As far as the environment of Peru is concerned, there have been deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes; overfishing. 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, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, 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 Peru
| Climate | We have varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.12% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 8,356,711 tons (2014 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 1.88 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Amazon river source (shared with Brazil [m]) - 6,400 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 2.24 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 3.51 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 32.8 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 29.07 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 57.41 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 30.17 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 18.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 3.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 14.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 53% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 28.2% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 78.9% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 11.204 million LIMA (capital), 959,000 Arequipa, 904,000 Trujillo (2023). |
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