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Oceania > Fiji > Environment

FIJIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.28 % of GNI Time series [110th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.2 % of GNI Time series [110th of 165]
Areas under protection 15 [98th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 3 [10th of 53]
CO2 Emissions 700.9 [143rd of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt 1,117.21 kt Time series [152nd of 195]
Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion
Forest area > % of land area 54.73 % of land area Time series [30th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 10,000 km² Time series [119th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 14% Time series [34th of 124]
Known breeding bird species 47 [145th of 146]
Known mammal species 4 [145th of 145]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 198 [149th of 199]
Protected area 1 [126th of 147]
Threatened species 22 [88th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 4 [139th of 160]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.6 % Time series [82nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.92 % Time series [73rd of 94]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 30.18 % Time series [8th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.24 % Time series [26th of 114]

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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; 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: Fiji, Republic of the Fiji Islands

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