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South America > Argentina > Environment

ARGENTINE ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 320 [25th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 1 [39th of 53]
Carbon efficiency 0.82 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [92nd of 141]
CO2 Emissions 138,983 [25th of 178]
Current issues
environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution; note: Argentina is a world leader in setting voluntary greenhouse gas targets
Ecological footprint 3.79 [44th of 141]
Endangered species protection 88.9% [33rd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 12.07 % of land area Time series [140th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 330,210 km² Time series [19th of 195]
Known mammal species 320 [13th of 145]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.11 thousand metric tons/squ [119th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 37,609 [25th of 199]
Protected area 1.7 [119th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 150 thousand metric tons/squ [109th of 141]
Threatened species 90 [20th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 27 [28th of 160]
Water > Availability 7.65 thousand cubic metres [45th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10 mls/litre [22nd of 141]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.15 % Time series [51st of 114]
Wildness 35.99% [31st of 141]

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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: Argentina, Argentine Republic, Republica Argentina

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