NationMaster - Iraqi Environment statistics

Areas under protection	8		[120th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	3.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[15th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	78,506.7		[36th of 178]
Ecological footprint	1.73		[79th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[113rd of 141]
Known breeding bird species	140		[121st of 146]
Known mammal species	81		[106th of 145]
Marine fish catch	13,093 tons		[84th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.31 thousand metric tons/squ		[52nd of 141]
SO2 emissions per populated area	580 thousand metric tons/squ		[71st of 141]
Threatened species	25		[79th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	7		[104th of 160]
Water > Availability	-0.45 thousand cubic metres		[135th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.01 mls/litre		[136th of 141]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.85 %	...	[44th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.77 %	...	[50th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.08 %	...	[38th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	16.71 %	...	[39th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.35 %	...	[106th of 114]
Wildness	3.68%		[70th of 141]

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SOURCES: 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; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Jacaranda Atlas; 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: Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah, Al Iraq

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