NationMaster - Korean Environment statistics

Carbon efficiency	1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[48th of 141]
CFC consumption	1,858,870		[2nd of 107]
Ecological footprint	5.6		[23rd of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[20th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.48		[32nd of 70]
Marine fish catch	1,372,770 tons		[13th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	1.24 thousand metric tons/squ		[14th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	115		[10th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	8		[20th of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste	364		[7th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita	4.8		[12th of 16]
Protected area	2.4		[112nd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	19,430 thousand metric tons/squ		[2nd of 141]
Threatened species	26		[78th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	6		[118th of 160]
Water > Availability	1.16 thousand cubic metres		[104th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	5.68 tons/cubic km		[9th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	1.13 mls/litre		[3rd of 141]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.46 %	...	[40th of 114]
Wildness	0%		[132nd of 141]

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SOURCES: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; FAOSTAT on-line database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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; 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; 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

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