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Africa > Kenya > Environment

KENYAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 1.11 % of GNI Time series [17th of 57]
Areas under protection 68 [63rd of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [28th of 53]
Carbon efficiency 0.85 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [91st of 141]
CO2 Emissions 10,191 [87th of 178]
Current issues
water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; degradation of water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching
Ecological footprint 1.15 [102nd of 141]
Endangered species protection 65% [77th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 6.19 % of land area Time series [164th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 35,220 km² Time series [83rd of 195]
Known mammal species 359 [9th of 145]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 2,412 [92nd of 199]
Protected area 6.2 [68th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 160 thousand metric tons/squ [107th of 141]
Threatened species 107 [16th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 43 [11th of 160]
Water > Availability 1.51 thousand cubic metres [95th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.78 tons/cubic km [35th of 69]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.71 % Time series [23rd of 114]
Wildness 39.01% [30th 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; Jacaranda Atlas; 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; 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: Kenya, Republic of Kenya

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