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Africa > Comoros > Environment

COMORAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.16 % of GNI ... [145th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.12 % of GNI ... [47th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.08 % of GNI ... [141st of 165]
Biodiversity richness 3 [12th of 53]
CO2 Emissions 88.7 [174th of 178]
    (per capita) 0.132142 per 1,000 people [157th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.09 kg/PPP$ ... [148th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 87.91 kt ... [194th of 195]
    (per capita) 0.153 kt per 1,000 people ... [174th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 2 ... [74th of 75]
Current issues
soil degradation and erosion results from crop cultivation on slopes without proper terracing; deforestation
Forest area > % of land area 2.24 % of land area ... [178th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 50 km² ... [184th of 195]
    (per capita) 83.265 km² per 1,000 people ... [183rd of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals .. cubic meters [126th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, 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
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 46.19 mcg/m³ ... [74th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 22 [189th of 199]
Threatened species 16 [109th 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: Comoros, Union of the Comoros, Union des Comores, Comores

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