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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 ... [161st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 1.01 % of GNI ... [18th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.67 % of GNI ... [50th of 165]
Areas under protection 7 [124th of 146]
    (per capita) 0.233887 per 1 million people [139th of 146]
CO2 Emissions 915.3 [138th of 178]
    (per capita) 0.0305824 per 1,000 people [174th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kt 703.3 kt ... [157th of 195]
    (per capita) 0.194 kt per 1,000 people ... [165th of 196]
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 ... [181st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 8,670 km² ... [124th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals .. cubic meters [172nd of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species 181 [96th of 146]
    (per capita) 6.04765 per 1 million people [118th of 146]
Known mammal species 119 [73rd of 145]
    (per capita) 3.97608 per 1 million people [111st of 145]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 236.26 kg/day ... [54th of 115]

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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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ;

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

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