NationMaster - Ni-Vanuatu Environment statistics

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.18 % of GNI	[143rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.1 % of GNI	[34th of 57]
Biodiversity richness	3	[11th of 53]
CO2 Emissions	98.9	[173rd of 178]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.15 kg/PPP$	[135th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	87.91 kt	[193rd of 195]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3	[53rd of 75]
Current issues most of the population does not have access to a reliable supply of potable water; deforestation
Forest area > % of land area	36.1 % of land area	[73rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	4,400 km²	[138th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	0	[155th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	21.59 mcg/m³	[141st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	22	[190th of 199]
Threatened species	13	[123rd of 158]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; ; 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu

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