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Europe > Denmark > Environment

DANISH ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 54.88% [5th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.13 % of GNI Time series [154th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.01 % of GNI Time series [50th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.12 % of GNI Time series [126th of 165]
Areas under protection 255 [27th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 46.944 per 1 million people [18th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 97,200 thousand hectares [3rd of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 17,894 thousand hectares per 1 [1st of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 0.51% [129th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.08 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [76th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 51,320.9 [50th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 9.44788 per 1,000 people [24th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.35 kg/PPP$ Time series [77th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 54,479.8 kt Time series [51st of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 10.113 kt per 1,000 people Time series [27th of 196]
Current issues
air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides
Ecological footprint 9.88 [4th of 141]
Endangered species protection 95.5% [26th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 6.67 [2nd of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP 0.9 % of GDP [15th of 17]
Fertiliser consumption 1,704.02 hundred grams/hectare [32nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 11.78 % of land area Time series [141st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 5,000 km² Time series [134th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 923.194 km² per 1,000 people Time series [150th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 0.67 Time series [10th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 42% Time series [5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 32% Time series [5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 26% Time series [6th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 169.8 [27th 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 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 196 [86th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 36.0825 per 1 million people [42nd of 146]
Known mammal species 43 [136th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 7.91605 per 1 million people [92nd of 145]
Known reptile species 5 [17th of 18]
Marine areas under protection 52 [11th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 9.5729 per 1 million people [4th of 95]
Marine fish catch 1,293,370 tons [14th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 238.103 tons per 1,000 people [5th of 141]
Municipal waste generation 660 kgs per person per year [3rd of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure $9.70 [13th of 18]
Non-wildness 39.45% [3rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 1.01 thousand metric tons/squ [19th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 83,590.66 kg/day Time series [35th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.17 kg per day per worker Time series [55th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 20.02 mcg/m³ Time series [145th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 13,553 [51st of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 11 [9th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 560 [10th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita 47 [7th of 29]
Protected area 32.2 [3rd of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs 24
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend +
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year 2004
SO2 emissions per populated area 2,860 thousand metric tons/squ [17th of 141]
SO2 exports 326 hundred metric tons [119th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies 33.1% [9th of 31]
Threatened species 15 [119th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 3 [149th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 6.1 cu km Time series [17th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 54 micrograms/m3 [62nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 7 micrograms/m3 [132nd of 141]
Waste generation 560 kgs per person per year [1st of 16]
Waste water treatment expenditure $105.40 [4th of 15]
Water > Availability 2.49 thousand cubic metres [76th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10 mls/litre [23rd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 7.13 tons/cubic km [7th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.14 mls/litre [111st of 141]
Water > Salinisation 422.19 [91st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 7.7 [65th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 2.62 mls/litre [133rd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 7.94 % Time series [41st of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.17 % Time series [50th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 44.16 % Time series [55th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.37 % Time series [44th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 8.63 % Time series [20th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 29.09 % Time series [7th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.17 % Time series [84th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.47 % Time series [20th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 2,283 thousand hectares [11th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 420.287 thousand hectares per 1 m [5th of 112]
Wildness 0% [140th 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; 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; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). 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; 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: Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark, Kongeriget Danmark, Danmark

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