Germany's natural resources

Germany is relatively poor in natural resources. In addition to the abundant reserves of hard coal, lignite and salt, it relies heavily on imports in terms of raw material supply and energy, and 2/3 of the primary energy needs to be imported. The natural gas reserves are about 382 billion cubic meters, which can meet the domestic demand of14. Hard coal and lignite are abundant; The proven reserves of other mineral deposits are: about 654.38+0.3 billion tons of potash, 654.38+0.6 billion tons of iron ore, 50 million tons of oil and 500 billion cubic meters of natural gas. There are several uranium mines in the southeast. The forest coverage area in Germany is 6.5438+0.0766 million hectares, accounting for about 30% of the national area. The water area is 860,000 hectares, accounting for 2.4% of the national area.

In 20 12, Germany ranked fifth in the world in energy consumption, and 60% of the main energy sources were imported. The government's policy is to promote energy conservation and renewable energy. German energy

(20 10) Oil, coal, lignite, natural gas, nuclear energy, hydropower, wind energy and other renewable energy accounted for 33.7% 22.9% 21.8%10.8% 2.9% 7.9% Germany implemented the Kyoto Protocol and other treaties.