NationMaster - Eritrean Environment statistics

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.49 % of GNI	[67th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.16 % of GNI	[15th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.67 % of GNI	[51st of 165]
Areas under protection	3	[135th of 146]
CO2 Emissions	622.5	[144th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt	699.63 kt	[158th of 195]
Coral reefs > Area	3,260 sq km	[7th of 28]
Current issues deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare
Forest area > % of land area	15.39 % of land area	[132nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	15,540 km²	[112nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.3	[101st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	0%	[118th of 124]
Known breeding bird species	138	[122nd of 146]
Known mammal species	112	[77th of 145]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	84.69 mcg/m³	[28th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	159	[154th of 199]
Protected area	5	[78th of 147]
Threatened species	12	[126th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	6	[116th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	6.3 cu km	[16th of 31]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 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 Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Eritrea, State of Eritrea, Hagere Ertra, Ertra

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