NationMaster - Mongolian Environment statistics

Areas under protection	70	[th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP	[th of 141]
(per capita)	68 per 1,000 people	[th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	92	[th of 178]
(per capita)	82 per 1,000 people	[th of 176]
Ecological footprint	40	[th of 141]
Endangered species protection	13%	[th of 141]
Known breeding bird species	30	[th of 146]
Known mammal species	68	[th of 145]
(per capita)	19 per 1 million people	[th of 145]
Marine fish catch	119 tons	[th of 141]
(per capita)	119 tons per 1,000 people	[th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	101 thousand metric tons/squ	[th of 141]
Protected area	36	[th of 147]
Threatened species	68	[th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	66	[th of 160]
Water > Availability	32 thousand cubic metres	[th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	104 mls/litre	[th of 141]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	25 thousand hectares	[th of 112]
Wildness	11%	[th of 141]

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SOURCES: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003); Carbon economic efficiency (CO2 emissions per dollar GDP)
Units: Metric Tons/US Dollar GDP; CFC consumption
Units: Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) Tons (Metric Tons x ODP)
Units: The indicator was obtained by multiplying the Total CFCs emissions (metric tons per ozone depletion potential) with the Per capita CFCs emissions (obtained by dividing the total CFCs emissions by the population in 1997). In calculating the ESI, the base-10 logarithm of this variable was used. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; Ecological footprint per capita
Units: Hectares per Person; Percent of CITES reporting requirements met
Units: Percent of Requirements Met
Units: Countries that have not ratified the CITES convention are recorded as having zero percent of their requirements met.; Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002). Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; Total marine fish catch
Units: Metric Tons; Total marine fish catch
Units: Metric Tons Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; NOx emissions per populated land area
Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area
Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.; Environmentally protected area (1997); Number of Threatened Species (1990-99); Number of threatened mammal species (1997); Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation); Phosphorus concentration
Units: Milligrams/Liter
Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.; Wetlands of international importance 2002; Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Mongolia, Mongol Uls

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