Brazil - Environment
As far as the environment of Brazil is concerned, there have been . As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; .
About the environment of Brazil
| Climate | We have mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 79,889,010 tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 8.65 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 16.13 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 9.51 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 41.42 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 10.94 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 462.3 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 401.83 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 26.7% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 6.7% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.9% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 19.1% (2022 est.) |
| Forest | 59.1% (2022 est.) |
| Other | 14.2% (2022 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 87.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 22.620 million São Paulo, 13.728 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.248 million Belo Horizonte, 4.873 million BRASÍLIA (capital), 4.264 million Recife, 4.212 million Porto Alegre (2023). |
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