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Africa > Algeria > Environment

ALGERIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.08 % of GNI Time series [49th of 57]
Areas under protection 18 [93rd of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Carbon efficiency 2.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [36th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 74,175.8 [38th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 1.79 [78th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 60% [82nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 0.96 % of land area Time series [186th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 22,770 km² Time series [100th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 92 [91st of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
NOx emissions per populated area 0.86 thousand metric tons/squ [25th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Protected area 2.5 [110th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 540 thousand metric tons/squ [74th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 36 [57th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 15 [48th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 0.39 thousand cubic metres [122nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.72 mls/litre [45th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water > Freshwater pollution 8.58 tons/cubic km [4th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.77 % Time series [75th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 80.82% [3rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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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; 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: Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah, Al Jaza'ir, algeria b

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