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Europe > Ukraine > Environment

UKRAINIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 5,182 [4th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 5.69 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [4th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 348,357 [12th of 178]
Ecological footprint 4.76 [36th of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [109th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 3.69 [52nd of 70]
Known breeding bird species 245 [43rd of 146]
Known mammal species 108 [79th of 145]
Marine fish catch 385,903 tons [33rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.36 thousand metric tons/squ [47th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 104 [13th of 25]
Protected area 1.6 [121st of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 2,060 thousand metric tons/squ [30th of 141]
Threatened species 52 [38th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 15 [47th of 160]
Water > Availability 1.26 thousand cubic metres [100th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 5.52 tons/cubic km [10th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.23 mls/litre [91st of 141]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 716 thousand hectares [22nd of 112]
Wildness 0% [118th 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; 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: Ukraine, Ukrayina

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