NationMaster - I-Kiribati Environment statistics

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.15 % of GNI	[160th of 179]
CO2 Emissions	28.9	[178th of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt	29.3 kt	[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	[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	[175th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	20 km²	[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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