<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 1%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 67%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 10%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 13,530 sq km (1989)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> air pollution in large cities; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; earthquakes in southwest
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber, Whaling; signed, but not ratified—Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea