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Central America and the Caribbean > Belize > Environment

BELIZEAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.58 % of GNI ... [54th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.03 % of GNI ... [153rd of 165]
Areas under protection 53 [67th of 146]
    (per capita) 188.556 per 1 million people [6th of 146]
CO2 Emissions 827 [139th of 178]
    (per capita) 2.94218 per 1,000 people [73rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.43 kg/PPP$ ... [56th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 780.22 kt ... [156th of 195]
    (per capita) 2.851 kt per 1,000 people ... [93rd of 196]
Coral reefs > Area 1,330 sq km [12th of 28]
    (per $ GDP) 0.748031 sq km per $1 million [6th of 26]
    (per capita) 4.73168 sq km per 1,000 people [5th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share 0.47%
Current issues
deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; solid and sewage waste disposal
Forest area > % of land area 72.47 % of land area ... [11th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 16,530 km² ... [110th of 195]
    (per capita) 56,648.389 km² per 1,000 people ... [8th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals .. cubic meters [167th 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, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements

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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; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belize, Belizeee

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