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Africa > Ethiopia > Environment

ETHIOPIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 5.04 % of GNI Time series [4th of 57]
Areas under protection 39 [72nd of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Biodiversity richness 1 [48th of 53]
Definition: Environment > Biodiversity richness
Carbon efficiency 0.15 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [135th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 3,648.6 [111st of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 0.85 [128th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 90% [30th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 13 % of land area Time series [138th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 130,000 km² Time series [40th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 277 [18th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,502 [104th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 5.5 [74th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 70 thousand metric tons/squ [132nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 60 [33rd of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 35 [15th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 2.17 thousand cubic metres [81st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.16 tons/cubic km [55th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2 % Time series [29th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 14.91% [57th 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; 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; 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; 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: Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik, Ityop'iya

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