|
|
| ANGOLAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
| Top Stats |
| | All Stats |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Areas under protection
|
14 |
|
[101st of 146]
|
|
Biodiversity richness
|
2 |
|
[25th of 53]
|
|
Carbon efficiency
|
0.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
|
[109th of 141]
|
|
CO2 Emissions
|
4,854.4 |
|
[104th of 178]
|
Current issues
overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water |
|
Ecological footprint
|
0.82 |
|
[132nd of 141]
|
|
Endangered species protection
|
0% |
|
[137th of 141]
|
|
Forest area > % of land area
|
47.41 % of land area
|
|
[43rd of 195]
|
|
Forest area > sq. km
|
591,040 km²
|
|
[14th of 195]
|
|
Known mammal species
|
276 |
|
[19th of 145]
|
|
NOx emissions per populated area
|
0.33 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
[50th of 141]
|
|
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
|
2,803 |
|
[87th of 199]
|
|
Protected area
|
6.6 |
|
[65th of 147]
|
|
SO2 emissions per populated area
|
200 thousand metric tons/squ |
|
[96th of 141]
|
|
Threatened species
|
41 |
|
[48th of 158]
|
|
Threatened species > Mammal
|
17 |
|
[44th of 160]
|
|
Water > Availability
|
24.24 thousand cubic metres |
|
[21st of 141]
|
|
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
|
7.69 mls/litre |
|
[72nd of 141]
|
|
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
|
4.42 %
|
|
[15th of 114]
|
|
Wildness
|
43.63% |
|
[26th of 141]
|
... View all Environment stats
SOURCES: World Resources Institute; ; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; 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; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000; World Development Indicators database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the lastwild places on the earth's surface. via ciesin.org
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Angola, Republic of Angola, Republica de Angola
Related links:
More facts and figures on Angola
|
del.icio.us
Feeds |
Contact