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Middle East > Oman > Environment

OMANI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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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]
Current issues
rising soil salinity; beach pollution from oil spills; limited natural fresh water resources
Ecological footprint 3.39 [49th of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [115th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 0.01 % of land area Time series [195th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 20 km² Time series [191st of 195]
Known mammal species 56 [131st of 145]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.09 thousand metric tons/squ [126th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 5,428 [73rd of 199]
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 > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.57 mls/litre [48th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 2.3 tons/cubic km [21st of 69]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.44 % Time series [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; 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; 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; 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; 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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