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Central America and the Caribbean > Cuba > Environment

CUBAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 321 [24th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [22nd of 53]
Definition: Environment > Biodiversity richness
Carbon efficiency 1.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [47th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 31,353.9 [65th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
air and water pollution; biodiversity loss; deforestation
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 2.1 [71st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 88.9% [36th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 24.7 % of land area Time series [111st of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 27,130 km² Time series [94th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 31 [138th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
NOx emissions per populated area 0.16 thousand metric tons/squ [99th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 6,926 [68th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 17.4 [16th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,730 thousand metric tons/squ [35th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 36 [55th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 9 [96th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 2.01 thousand cubic metres [84th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.1 mls/litre [63rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.67 % Time series [92nd of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 0.91% [87th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: 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; World Development Indicators database; 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: Cuba, Republic of Cuba, Republica de Cuba

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