Cape Verde - Environment
As far as the environment of Cape Verde is concerned, there have been deforestation due to demand for firewood; water shortages; droughts;  desertification; soil erosion; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing. 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, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Cape Verde
Climate We have temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and erratic
Revenue from forest resources
Revenue from coal
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 132,555 tons (2012 est.)
Total renewable water resources 300 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 1.6 million cubic meters (2017 est.)
Industrial 400,000 cubic meters (2017 est.)
Agricultural 30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 31.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 0.54 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 0.13 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 19.6% (2022 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 12.4% (2022 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 1% (2022 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 6.2% (2022 est.)
Forest 11.5% (2022 est.)
Other 68.9% (2022 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 68% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 1.83% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 168,000 PRAIA (capital) (2018).
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Cape Verde is found in Western Africa