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Central America and the Caribbean > Antigua and Barbuda > Environment

ANTIGUAN-BARBUDAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.28 % of GNI Time series [108th of 179]
CO2 Emissions 359.1 [156th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.48 kg/PPP$ Time series [48th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 399.27 kt Time series [170th of 195]
Coral reefs > Area 240 sq km [22nd of 28]
Coral reefs > Share 0.08%
Current issues
water management - a major concern because of limited natural fresh water resources - is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly
Forest area > % of land area 20.45 % of land area Time series [125th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 90 km² Time series [178th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [112nd of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 11.14 mcg/m³ Time series [176th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 95 [167th of 199]
Threatened species 6 [144th of 158]
Total renewable water resources 0.1 cu km Time series [25th of 31]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Antigua and Barbuda, antigua, Antigua-Barbuda

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