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Central America and the Caribbean > Bahamas, The > Environment

BAHAMIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.25 % of GNI ... [141st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.01 % of GNI ... [50th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.47 % of GNI ... [66th of 165]
CO2 Emissions 1,726.1 [126th of 178]
    (per capita) 5.71954 per 1,000 people [48th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.41 kg/PPP$ ... [62nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 1,868.13 kt ... [139th of 195]
    (per capita) 5.941 kt per 1,000 people ... [59th of 196]
Current issues
coral reef decay; solid waste disposal
Forest area > % of land area 51.45 % of land area ... [38th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 5,150 km² ... [133rd of 195]
    (per capita) 15,941.163 km² per 1,000 people ... [35th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals .. cubic meters [174th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 887.51 kg/day ... [66th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.32 kg per day per worker ... [2nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 36.72 mcg/m³ ... [115th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 490 [132nd of 199]
Threatened species 17 [106th of 158]

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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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bahamas, The, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas, bahamas

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