NationMaster - Solomon Islander Environment statistics

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	73 % of GNI	...	[73rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	2 % of GNI	...	[2nd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	112 % of GNI	...	[112nd of 165]
Areas under protection	142		[142nd of 146]
CO2 Emissions	165		[165th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	108 kg/PPP$	...	[108th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	183 kt	...	[183rd of 195]
Coral reefs > Area	3 sq km		[3rd of 28]
Coral reefs > Share	2.02%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	73	...	[73rd of 75]
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying
Forest area > % of land area	7 % of land area	...	[7th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	96		[96th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	136		[136th of 146]
Known mammal species	134		[134th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	84		[84th of 95]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	179		[179th of 199]
Threatened species > Mammal	34		[34th of 160]

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SOURCES: Carbon dioxide damage is estimated to be $20 per ton of carbon (the unit damage in 1995 U.S. dollars) times the number of tons of carbon emitted.; Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.; Particulate emissions damage is calculated as the willingness to pay to avoid mortality attributable to particulate emissions.; Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003); CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.; Reef areas have been rounded to the nearest 10 sq km, while for those countries with small areas of coral reefs, the terms less than 100, less than 50 and less than 10 sq km have been used. There are 80 countries and geographical locations with coral ree; Reef areas have been rounded to the nearest 10 sq km, while for those countries with small areas of coral reefs, the terms less than 100, less than 50 and than 10 sq km have been used. There are 80 countries and geographical locations with coral reefs. P; Policy and institutions for environmental sustainability assess the extent to which environmental policies foster the protection and sustainable use of natural resources and the management of pollution.; This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: ; Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.; ; The various international environmental agreements to which a country is a party. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name. ; The various international environmental agreements which a country has signed but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name. ; Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002).; Protected marine areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003); 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).; Number of threatened mammal species (1997)

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