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Southeast Asia > Cambodia > Environment

CAMBODIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.26 % of GNI Time series [35th of 57]
Areas under protection 23 [85th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Biodiversity richness 2 [33rd of 53]
Definition: Environment > Biodiversity richness
Carbon efficiency 0.12 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [138th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 536 [149th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Coral reefs > Area 50 sq km [28th of 28]
Definition: Environment > Coral reefs > Area
Current issues
illegal logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for gems in the western region along the border with Thailand have resulted in habitat loss and declining biodiversity (in particular, destruction of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas, most of the population does not have access to potable water; declining fish stocks because of illegal fishing and overfishing
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 0.83 [130th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 0% [130th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 59.18 % of land area Time series [24th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 104,470 km² Time series [50th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 123 [72nd of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 184 [150th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 16.2 [18th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 180 thousand metric tons/squ [102nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 55 [36th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 23 [32nd of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 9.92 thousand cubic metres [42nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.76 % Time series [8th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 12.16% [61st 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; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 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: Cambodia, Kingdom of Cambodia, Preahreacheanachakr Kampuchea, Kampuchea

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