| CYPRIOT ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI
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0.31 % of GNI
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[113rd of 179]
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.06 % of GNI
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[35th of 57]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
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0.88 % of GNI
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[34th of 165]
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CO2 Emissions
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7,016.6 |
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[94th of 178]
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(per capita)
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8.99411 per 1,000 people |
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[26th of 176]
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CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP
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0.49 kg/PPP$
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[45th of 170]
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CO2 emissions > kt
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7,278.38 kt
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[101st of 195]
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(per capita)
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10.07 kt
per 1,000 people |
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[28th of 196]
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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 |
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Forest area > % of land area
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18.83 % of land area
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[128th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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1,740 km²
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[152nd of 195]
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(per capita)
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2,296.12 km²
per 1,000 people |
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[108th of 195]
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Groundwater withdrawals
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162.1 |
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[28th of 188]
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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 |
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Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day
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8,075.53 kg/day
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[28th of 115]
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Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker
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0.23 kg per day per worker
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[7th of 115]
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PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter
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46.99 mcg/m³
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[70th of 185]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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1,643 |
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[101st of 199]
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Threatened species
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11 |
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[130th of 158]
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