Slovenia - Environment
As far as the environment of Slovenia is concerned, there have been air pollution from road traffic, domestic heating (wood buring), power generation, and industry; water pollution; biodiversity protection. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, 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 Slovenia
| Climate | We have Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 0.2% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.03% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 926,000 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 31.87 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 170 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 830 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 3.9 million cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 14.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 12.63 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 2.1 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 22.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 8.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 1.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 13.1% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 62.3% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 14.9% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 56.1% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018). |
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