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Europe > Belgium > Environment

BELGIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 75.83% [3rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.18 % of GNI Time series [140th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.01 % of GNI Time series [57th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.22 % of GNI Time series [108th of 165]
Areas under protection 73 [57th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 7.04361 per 1 million people [53rd of 146]
Breeding birds threatened 1.11% [109th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [74th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 125,023 [28th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 12.0632 per 1,000 people [12th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.36 kg/PPP$ Time series [74th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 102,820.4 kt Time series [35th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 9.909 kt per 1,000 people Time series [30th of 196]
Current issues
the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) had slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
Ecological footprint 5.88 [21st of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [3rd of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 5.46 [15th of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP 0.9 % of GDP [13th of 17]
Fertiliser consumption 3,743.84 hundred grams/hectare [12th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 22.06 % of land area Time series [117th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 6,670 km² Time series [130th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 636.532 km² per 1,000 people Time series [159th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals 79 [56th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species 191 [90th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 18.4292 per 1 million people [78th of 146]
Known mammal species 58 [129th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 5.59629 per 1 million people [105th of 145]
Known reptile species 8 [11th of 18]
Marine areas under protection 2 [74th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 0.192976 per 1 million people [70th of 95]
Marine fish catch 27,218 tons [75th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 2.62621 tons per 1,000 people [74th of 141]
Municipal waste generation 550 kgs per person per year [11th of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure $10.10 [10th of 18]
Non-wildness 43.93% [1st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 3.43 thousand metric tons/squ [3rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 102,332.3 kg/day Time series [23rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.17 kg per day per worker Time series [42nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 25.41 mcg/m³ Time series [134th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 28,504 [33rd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 12 [5th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 480 [16th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita 33 [16th of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste 80 [10th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency 2.8 [6th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita 11.9 [6th of 16]
Protected area 2.6 [108th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs 50–60
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend +
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year ca.1995
SO2 emissions per populated area 21,390 thousand metric tons/squ [1st of 141]
SO2 exports 832 hundred metric tons [93rd of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies 32.8% [10th of 31]
Threatened species 23 [84th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 6 [115th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 20.8 cu km Time series [21st of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 46.79 micrograms/m3 [79th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 21.02 micrograms/m3 [104th of 141]
Waste generation 450 kgs per person per year [5th of 16]
Waste water treatment expenditure $38.30 [13th of 15]
Water > Availability 1.19 thousand cubic metres [102nd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 5.62 mls/litre [125th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 1.63 mls/litre [2nd of 141]
Water > Salinisation 2,626.19 [4th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 93.9 [7th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 3.53 mls/litre [118th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.21 % Time series [15th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.25 % Time series [32nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 40.27 % Time series [49th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 13.63 % Time series [8th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 8.22 % Time series [18th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 18.4 % Time series [19th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.87 % Time series [49th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.16 % Time series [33rd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 8 thousand hectares [101st of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 0.771903 thousand hectares per 1 m [98th of 112]
Wildness 0% [120th 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; OECD Environmental Indicators, p. 104. See also Myriam Linster and Frederique Zegel, 'Pollution Abatement and Control in OECD Countries', OECD Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks at www.oecd.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; World Resources: A Report by the World Resources Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development; FAOSTAT on-line database; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; OECD Environmental Data Com¡pendium: 2002; 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; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium, 1999; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Red Kite ; 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; Assessment of the Country Allocation of the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index, SAM SustainabilityGroup 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; OECD Environmental Data Com¡pendium: 2003; 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; 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: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie

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