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Asia > Sri Lanka > Environment

SRI LANKAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.31 % of GNI Time series [33rd of 57]
Areas under protection 110 [42nd of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Carbon efficiency 0.38 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [117th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 11,182.2 [84th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 0.95 [116th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 70% [69th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 29.91 % of land area Time series [94th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 19,330 km² Time series [107th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 88 [94th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
NOx emissions per populated area 0.15 thousand metric tons/squ [108th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 2,360 [93rd of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 13.3 [27th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 210 thousand metric tons/squ [95th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 43 [43rd of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 14 [52nd of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 1.62 thousand cubic metres [90th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.64 mls/litre [98th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.09 % Time series [53rd of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 0% [117th 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; 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; 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: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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