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Asia > Armenia > Environment

ARMENIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [92nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.67 % of GNI Time series [48th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 1.8 % of GNI Time series [4th of 165]
Areas under protection 5 [132nd of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 1.67616 per 1 million people [92nd of 146]
Breeding birds threatened 1.65% [93rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.11 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [72nd of 141]
CO2 Emissions 3,669.1 [109th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 1.23 per 1,000 people [101st of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.33 kg/PPP$ Time series [82nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 3,424.91 kt Time series [122nd of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 1.128 kt per 1,000 people Time series [121st of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.5 Time series [14th of 75]
Current issues
soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; the energy crisis of the 1990s led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone
Ecological footprint 1.16 [99th of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [123rd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption 0 hundred grams/hectare [140th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 10.04 % of land area Time series [148th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 2,830 km² Time series [147th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 938.232 km² per 1,000 people Time series [148th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 2.95 Time series [58th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 66% Time series [76th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 30% Time series [24th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 4% Time series [72nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [134th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Known breeding bird species 236 [50th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 79.115 per 1 million people [20th of 146]
Known mammal species 84 [98th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 28.1596 per 1 million people [28th of 145]
Marine fish catch 0 tons [122nd of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 0 tons per 1,000 people [122nd of 141]
Non-wildness 3.73% [64th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.45 thousand metric tons/squ [38th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 7,104.41 kg/day Time series [59th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.28 kg per day per worker Time series [7th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 68.71 mcg/m³ Time series [40th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 840 [118th of 199]
Protected area 7.6 [54th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 2,290 thousand metric tons/squ [27th of 141]
SO2 exports 12 hundred metric tons [139th of 141]
Threatened species 18 [101st of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 4 [136th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 10.5 cu km Time series [20th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 43.88 micrograms/m3 [90th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 19.33 micrograms/m3 [108th of 141]
Water > Availability 1.12 thousand cubic metres [105th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 7.3 mls/litre [80th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 2.14 tons/cubic km [23rd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.48 mls/litre [37th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 1,953.96 [14th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 84.6 [18th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 4.09 mls/litre [98th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.72 % Time series [76th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.47 % Time series [12th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 77.64 % Time series [4th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.38 % Time series [52nd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 15.55 % Time series [4th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.92 % Time series [102nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 22.36 % Time series [9th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.41 % Time series [79th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 492 thousand hectares [32nd of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 164.935 thousand hectares per 1 m [13th of 112]
Wildness 2.5% [77th of 141]

SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; 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; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; FAOSTAT on-line database; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the last wild places on the earth's surface. Accessed via ciesin.org; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, RAINS-ASIA and Co-operative Programme formonitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 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: Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun, Hayastan

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