NationMaster - Iranian Environment statistics

Biodiversity richness	2		[27th of 53]
Carbon efficiency	2.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[28th of 141]
CFC consumption	480,229		[6th of 107]
Coral reefs > Area	700 sq km		[19th of 28]
Ecological footprint	2.47		[64th of 141]
Endangered species protection	69.6%		[71st of 141]
Marine fish catch	233,495 tons		[41st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.12 thousand metric tons/squ		[117th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	81		[17th of 25]
Protected area	5.1		[77th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	490 thousand metric tons/squ		[78th of 141]
Threatened species	54		[37th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	20		[35th of 160]
Water > Availability	0.63 thousand cubic metres		[116th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.35 mls/litre		[66th of 141]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.08 %	...	[8th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.04 %	...	[27th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.48 %	...	[20th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.87 %	...	[29th of 114]
Wildness	2.53%		[75th of 141]

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SOURCES: ; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; FAOSTAT on-line database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Jacaranda Atlas; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen, R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001; World Development Indicators database; 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: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, iran (islamic rep. of), iran (islamic republic of), Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Islamic Rep. of Iran

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