NationMaster - Omani Environment statistics

Areas under protection	6		[125th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	2.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[29th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	24,985.2		[69th of 178]
Ecological footprint	3.39		[49th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[115th of 141]
Known breeding bird species	109		[137th of 146]
Known mammal species	56		[131st of 145]
Marine fish catch	100,776 tons		[57th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.09 thousand metric tons/squ		[126th of 141]
Protected area	16.1		[19th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	110 thousand metric tons/squ		[118th of 141]
Threatened species	22		[86th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	9		[95th of 160]
Water > Availability	0.93 thousand cubic metres		[109th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	2.3 tons/cubic km		[21st of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.2 mls/litre		[99th of 141]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	13.34 %	...	[17th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.29 %	...	[22nd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.44 %	...	[16th of 114]
Wildness	53.97%		[18th 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; 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; FAOSTAT on-line database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Saltanat Uman, Uman

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