It is mostly covered by tropical rainforest, containing a great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, are increasingly threatened by new development.

[1] Climate change in both Suriname and the wider world is leading to hotter temperatures and more extreme weather.

[7] Elevation extremes Lowest point: Unnamed location in the coastal plain - 2 meters (6.6 ft) below Sea Level.

Highest point: Juliana Top - 1,230 meters (4,040 ft) Timber, hydropower, fish, forests, hydroelectric potential, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite and gold.

[11] Suriname has agreed to the following agreements: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping--London Convention, Marine Dumping--London Protocol, Ozone Layer Protection, Paris Accords Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling[13]