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Middle East > Cyprus > Environment

CYPRIOT ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.31 % of GNI ... [113rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.06 % of GNI ... [35th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.88 % of GNI ... [34th of 165]
CO2 Emissions 7,016.6 [94th of 178]
    (per capita) 8.99411 per 1,000 people [26th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.49 kg/PPP$ ... [45th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 7,278.38 kt ... [101st of 195]
    (per capita) 10.07 kt per 1,000 people ... [28th of 196]
Current issues
water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization
Forest area > % of land area 18.83 % of land area ... [128th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 1,740 km² ... [152nd of 195]
    (per capita) 2,296.12 km² per 1,000 people ... [108th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals 162.1 [28th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, 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 8,075.53 kg/day ... [28th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.23 kg per day per worker ... [7th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 46.99 mcg/m³ ... [70th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,643 [101st of 199]
Threatened species 11 [130th 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: Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus

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