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Oceania > Kiribati > Environment

I-KIRIBATI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.15 % of GNI Time series [160th of 179]
CO2 Emissions 28.9 [178th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt 29.3 kt Time series [195th of 195]
Coral reefs > Area 2,940 sq km [8th of 28]
Coral reefs > Share 1.03%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3 Time series [31st of 75]
Current issues
heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk
Forest area > % of land area 2.74 % of land area Time series [175th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 20 km² Time series [189th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [108th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 7 [195th of 199]
Threatened species 7 [142nd of 158]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati

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