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Middle East > Saudi Arabia > Environment

SAUDI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 78 [53rd of 146]
Carbon efficiency 3.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [13th of 141]
CFC consumption 142,831 [12th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 266,083 [19th of 178]
Ecological footprint 6.15 [17th of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [114th of 141]
Known breeding bird species 125 [127th of 146]
Known mammal species 77 [112nd of 145]
Marine fish catch 41,160 tons [70th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.2 thousand metric tons/squ [82nd of 141]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 75 [20th of 25]
Protected area 2.3 [113rd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 560 thousand metric tons/squ [73rd of 141]
Threatened species 23 [85th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 9 [94th of 160]
Water > Availability 0.22 thousand cubic metres [128th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.11 mls/litre [117th of 141]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.76 % ... [98th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.97 % ... [52nd of 114]
Wildness 44.34% [24th of 141]

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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; 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 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: Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah, Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah , saudi arabia b, saudi-arabia

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