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Southeast Asia > Thailand > Environment

THAI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.26 % of GNI Time series [36th of 57]
Areas under protection 158 [37th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [29th of 53]
Carbon efficiency 1.5 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [51st of 141]
CO2 Emissions 171,696 [23rd of 178]
Current issues
air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting
Ecological footprint 2.7 [57th of 141]
Endangered species protection 68.8% [72nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 28.42 % of land area Time series [101st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 145,200 km² Time series [39th of 195]
Known mammal species 265 [24th of 145]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.45 thousand metric tons/squ [37th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 54,492 [23rd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 45 [25th of 25]
Protected area 13.1 [28th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,070 thousand metric tons/squ [49th of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal 34 [18th of 160]
Water > Availability 3.5 thousand cubic metres [62nd of 141]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.47 % Time series [77th of 114]
Wildness 0.9% [88th of 141]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Jacaranda Atlas; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 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: Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand

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