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Luxembourg Natural Resources: Forests, Iron Ore and Moselle Wine
Luxembourg’s natural resources include forests, freshwater and fertile soils, with forest covering 34.5% of the land and 3.1 km³ of renewable freshwater resources. What wildlife does Luxembourg have? The country has 284 bird species, 16 amphibian species and 5 reptile species, and it ranks second in the world on the 2024 Environmental Performance Index with…
Malawi Natural Resources: Lake Malawi, Tobacco and Uranium
Malawi’s natural resources include fertile land, forests, rivers, Lake Malawi and minerals such as coal, uranium from the Kayelekera deposit, phosphates and graphite. What natural wealth does Malawi have? The country has 16.8 km³ of renewable freshwater resources, forest cover on 22.4% of its land and 662 recorded bird species. Malawi, a country in southern…
Lebanon Natural Resources: Cedars, Rivers and Offshore Gas
Lebanon’s natural resources include forests, rivers and mountains, with the iconic Forest of the Cedars of God as its greatest natural symbol. Its renewable freshwater resources amount to just 4.51 km³, which keeps the country in a water crisis despite sources such as the Litani and Orontes rivers. What are Lebanon’s main natural resources? Lebanon…
Liberia Natural Resources: Iron Ore, Rubber and Tropical Forests
Liberia’s natural resources span mining, fishing, agriculture and one of the largest forest covers in the world, with 78.1% of its land forested and 211.9 km³ of renewable freshwater resources. What wildlife does Liberia have? The country records 593 bird species, 212 mammal species such as chimpanzees and colobus monkeys, and 626 fish species. Liberia,…
Kiribati Natural Resources: Tuna, Marine Reserves and Phosphate
Kiribati’s natural resources are mainly marine, as befits an atoll nation in the central Pacific. They include 543 fish species and 79 bird species, while forest covers only 1.46% of the territory and there are almost no native amphibians. What natural resources does Kiribati have? Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific with…
Latvia Natural Resources: Forests, Peat and Daugava Hydropower
Latvia’s natural resources center on its forests, which cover 55% of the territory (34,224 km²), along with freshwater, peat and fertile soils. The country has 35.45 km³ of renewable freshwater resources and generated 4.7 TWh of electricity from renewable sources in 2025 (Ember). What biodiversity do Latvia’s natural resources support? The country has recorded 327…
Jordan Natural Resources: Phosphates, Potash and Oil Shale
Jordan’s natural resources are concentrated in minerals such as phosphates, potash, limestone and marble, along with natural gas and arable land. The country produced about 200 million cubic meters of natural gas in 2024 and has only 0.94 km³ of renewable freshwater resources in an arid region. What biodiversity does Jordan have? It has recorded…
Iceland Natural Resources: Geothermal Energy, Fisheries and Aluminum
Iceland’s natural resources rest on fishing, aluminum and almost entirely renewable energy. In 2019 it produced 850 thousand tonnes of aluminum (11th in the world), it has 170 km³ of renewable freshwater resources, and it generates electricity at plants such as Kárahnjúkar, which contributes 4.6 TWh a year. Which of Iceland’s natural resources stand out…
Ivory Coast Natural Resources: Cocoa, Gold and Offshore Oil
The natural resources of Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) include cocoa, coffee, oil, gold, diamonds and extensive forests. The country produces about 37,327 barrels of oil a day and retains 24,980.5 km² of forest area, according to the World Bank, and it stands out as one of the world’s largest cocoa producers. Which of Ivory Coast’s…
Guinea-Bissau Natural Resources: Cashews, Fisheries and Forests
Guinea-Bissau’s natural resources stand out for their forests, fisheries and coastal biodiversity. How much forest does Guinea-Bissau have? Forests cover 69.5% of its territory, about 19,547 km², and the country is home to 490 bird species and 143 mammal species, including the common chimpanzee. Guinea-Bissau, located on the west coast of Africa, has a wide…
