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Asia > Afghanistan > Environment

AFGHAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.09 % of GNI Time series [161st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 1.01 % of GNI Time series [18th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.67 % of GNI Time series [50th of 165]
Areas under protection 7 [124th of 146]
CO2 Emissions 915.3 [138th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt 703.3 kt Time series [157th of 195]
Current issues
limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution
Forest area > % of land area 1.33 % of land area Time series [181st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 8,670 km² Time series [124th of 195]
Known breeding bird species 181 [96th of 146]
Known mammal species 119 [73rd of 145]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 263 [146th of 199]
Protected area 0.03 [147th of 147]
Snow Leopard > Estimated Population [3rd of 11]
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km. 50,000 [8th of 11]
Threatened species 27 [76th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 11 [80th of 160]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 17.5 % Time series [3rd of 114]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 13.19 % Time series [17th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.12 % Time series [82nd of 114]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 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; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Afghanistan, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan, Afghanestan

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