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Asia > Mongolia > Environment

MONGOLIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 42 [70th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 5.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [6th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 7,281.5 [92nd of 178]
Current issues
limited natural fresh water resources in some areas; the policies of former Communist regimes promoted rapid urbanization and industrial growth that had negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws severely polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation, overgrazing, and the converting of virgin land to agricultural production increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification and mining activities had a deleterious effect on the environment
Ecological footprint 4.3 [40th of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [13th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 6.54 % of land area Time series [163rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 102,520 km² Time series [52nd of 195]
Known mammal species 133 [68th of 145]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.16 thousand metric tons/squ [101st of 141]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 2,060 [96th of 199]
Protected area 10.3 [36th of 147]
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km. 101,000 [3rd of 11]
SO2 emissions per populated area 430 thousand metric tons/squ [82nd of 141]
Threatened species 29 [68th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 12 [66th of 160]
Water > Availability 16.32 thousand cubic metres [32nd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.57 mls/litre [49th of 141]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.94 % Time series [11th of 114]
Wildness 69.99% [11th of 141]

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SOURCES: 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; World Development Indicators database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 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; 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: Mongolia, Mongol Uls

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