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Europe > Greece > Environment

GREEK ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.02 % of GNI Time series [34th of 57]
Areas under protection 88 [47th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [50th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 92,150.3 [34th of 178]
Current issues
air pollution; water pollution
Ecological footprint 5.58 [24th of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [22nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 29.11 % of land area Time series [95th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 37,520 km² Time series [79th of 195]
Known mammal species 95 [89th of 145]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 23,457 [36th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 8 [19th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 370 [24th of 29]
Protected area 2.2 [115th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,830 thousand metric tons/squ [33rd of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal 13 [64th of 160]
Water > Availability 2.96 thousand cubic metres [69th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 1.32 tons/cubic km [25th of 69]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.55 % Time series [55th of 114]
Wildness 0.01% [115th of 141]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; 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; 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Jacaranda Atlas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org; 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: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada

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