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Central America and the Caribbean > Bahamas, The > Environment

BAHAMIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.25 % of GNI Time series [141st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.01 % of GNI Time series [50th of 57]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.47 % of GNI Time series [66th of 165]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions 1,726.1 [126th of 178]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CO2 emissions > kt 1,868.13 kt Time series [139th of 195]
Source: 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
Current issues
coral reef decay; solid waste disposal
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area 51.45 % of land area Time series [38th of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km 5,150 km² Time series [133rd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 887.51 kg/day Time series [66th of 115]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.32 kg per day per worker Time series [2nd of 115]
Source: World Development Indicators database
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 36.72 mcg/m³ Time series [115th of 185]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 490 [132nd of 199]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Threatened species 17 [106th of 158]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.35 % Time series [61st of 114]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 59.71 % Time series [17th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.19 % Time series [21st of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.09 % Time series [58th of 107]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 24.31 % Time series [10th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.34 % Time series [65th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.77 % Time series [58th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bahamas, The, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas, bahamas

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