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Central America and the Caribbean > Cuba > Environment

CUBAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 321 [24th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [22nd of 53]
Carbon efficiency 1.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [47th of 141]
CFC consumption 39,954 [25th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 31,353.9 [65th of 178]
Ecological footprint 2.1 [71st of 141]
Endangered species protection 88.9% [36th of 141]
Known breeding bird species 86 [141st of 146]
Known mammal species 31 [138th of 145]
Marine fish catch 42,862 tons [67th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.16 thousand metric tons/squ [99th of 141]
Protected area 17.4 [16th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,730 thousand metric tons/squ [35th of 141]
Threatened species 36 [55th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 9 [96th of 160]
Water > Availability 2.01 thousand cubic metres [84th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.01 mls/litre [137th of 141]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.67 % ... [92nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 452 thousand hectares [33rd of 112]
Wildness 0.91% [87th of 141]

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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; ; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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 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; FAOSTAT on-line database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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; World Development Indicators database; 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: Cuba, Republic of Cuba, Republica de Cuba

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