NationMaster - Japanese Environment statistics

Areas under protection	96	[46th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	[80th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	1,224,740	[4th of 178]
Coral reefs > Area	2,900 sq km	[9th of 28]
Current issues air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere
Ecological footprint	5.94	[20th of 141]
Endangered species protection	89.5%	[31st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	68.22 % of land area	[14th of 195]
Known mammal species	188	[48th of 145]
Municipal waste generation	410 kgs per person per year	[17th of 17]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	315,274	[3rd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	314	[4th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	9	[12th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	400	[21st of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste	964	[4th of 16]
Protected area	6.8	[60th of 147]
Waste generation	270 kgs per person per year	[15th of 16]
Water > Availability	2.6 thousand cubic metres	[73rd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	4.27 tons/cubic km	[13th of 69]
Wildness	0.06%	[104th 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 Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; World Development Indicators database; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Jacaranda Atlas; 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

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