Zimbabwe - Environment
As far as the environment of Zimbabwe is concerned, there have been deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution. 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, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands.
About the environment of Zimbabwe
| Climate | We have tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 1.61% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.4% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1,449,752 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 20 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Zambezi (shared with Zambia [s]), Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km; Limpopo (shared with South Africa [s], Botswana, and Mozambique [m]) - 1,800 km |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 650 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 80 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 3.04 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 13.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 10.98 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 12.1 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 42.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 10.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 31.3% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 39.5% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 18% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 32.5% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.41% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.578 million HARARE (capital) (2023). |
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