FACTOID # 1: Almost half of Ecuador is subject to environmental protection.
 
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South America > Ecuador > Environment

ECUADORIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [76th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.54 % of GNI Time series [62nd of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.11 % of GNI Time series [132nd of 165]
Biodiversity richness 1 [51st of 53]
Breeding birds threatened 4.32% [41st of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.85 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [40th of 141]
CFC consumption 6,197.71 [43rd of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0.463762 per 1,000 people [43rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions 20,705.3 [70th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 1.54933 per 1,000 people [94th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.51 kg/PPP$ Time series [43rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 23,201.44 kt Time series [75th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 1.805 kt per 1,000 people Time series [108th of 196]
Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
Ecological footprint 2.26 [69th of 141]
Endangered species protection 70.8% [67th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 3.06 [65th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 1,096 hundred grams/hectare [49th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 39.2 % of land area Time series [66th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 108,530 km² Time series [49th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 8,204.306 km² per 1,000 people Time series [56th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 16.98 Time series [32nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 82% Time series [49th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 12% Time series [71st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 5% Time series [66th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [125th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Marine fish catch 497,769 tons [28th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 37.247 tons per 1,000 people [15th of 141]
Non-wildness 2.66% [76th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.21 thousand metric tons/squ [78th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 40,178.86 kg/day Time series [17th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.28 kg per day per worker Time series [3rd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 24.89 mcg/m³ Time series [135th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 6,350 [71st of 199]
Protected area 43.1 [1st of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 350 thousand metric tons/squ [86th of 141]
SO2 exports 732.94 hundred metric tons [97th of 141]
Threatened species 117 [14th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 28 [27th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 432 cu km Time series [9th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 35.71 micrograms/m3 [109th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 21.52 micrograms/m3 [103rd of 141]
Water > Availability 30.37 thousand cubic metres [17th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.52 mls/litre [102nd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.09 tons/cubic km [62nd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.25 mls/litre [90th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 129.35 [132nd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 1.2 [81st of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 4.1 mls/litre [97th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.9 % Time series [20th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.12 % Time series [27th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 72.25 % Time series [4th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.19 % Time series [20th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.3 % Time series [25th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.17 % Time series [20th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.77 % Time series [25th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.3 % Time series [25th of 114]
Wildness 24.93% [43rd 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; ; 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; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; FAOSTAT on-line database; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; 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; 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; 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

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