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Europe > Germany > Environment

GERMAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 51.88% [8th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.2 % of GNI Time series [138th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.05 % of GNI Time series [44th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.08 % of GNI Time series [140th of 165]
Areas under protection 7,315 [3rd of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 88.7409 per 1 million people [12th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 1,559 thousand hectares [28th of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 18.9128 thousand hectares per 1 [49th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 2.09% [79th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.19 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [66th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 837,425 [6th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 10.1591 per 1,000 people [20th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.38 kg/PPP$ Time series [66th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 805,039.5 kt Time series [6th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 9.753 kt per 1,000 people Time series [32nd of 196]
Current issues
emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
Ecological footprint 6.31 [14th of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [7th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 6.27 [5th of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP 1.5 % of GDP [6th of 17]
Fertiliser consumption 2,473.66 hundred grams/hectare [25th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 31.76 % of land area Time series [87th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 110,760 km² Time series [47th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 1,343.044 km² per 1,000 people Time series [133rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 38.01 Time series [2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 20% Time series [5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 12% Time series [3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 68% Time series [1st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 89.4 [52nd 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-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, 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 247 [42nd of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 2.99645 per 1 million people [137th of 146]
Known mammal species 76 [114th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 0.921983 per 1 million people [140th of 145]
Known reptile species 12 [10th of 18]
Kyoto Protocol > Results to date > EU Assigned Objective > for 2012 -21 % [7th of 7]
Kyoto Protocol > Treaty Obligation 2008-2012 -8% [5th of 9]
Marine fish catch 194,921 tons [42nd of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 2.36466 tons per 1,000 people [75th of 141]
Municipal waste generation 540 kgs per person per year [12th of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure $10.70 [9th of 18]
Non-wildness 32.84% [4th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 1.82 thousand metric tons/squ [8th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 966,666.8 kg/day Time series [2nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.14 kg per day per worker Time series [27th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 19.3 mcg/m³ Time series [148th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 216,213 [5th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 220 [6th of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP) 0.00931414 per $100 million [16th of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita) 2.6689 per 1 million people [8th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 10 [10th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 546 [12th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita 22 [23rd of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste 450 [6th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency 1.3 [11th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita 5.8 [10th of 16]
Protected area 27 [6th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs 9000–12000
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend –
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year 1999
SO2 emissions per populated area 5,100 thousand metric tons/squ [8th of 141]
SO2 exports 4,448 hundred metric tons [6th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies 75.2% [3rd of 31]
Threatened species 49 [40th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 8 [100th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 188 cu km Time series [3rd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 40.07 micrograms/m3 [102nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 12.8 micrograms/m3 [122nd of 141]
Waste generation 340 kgs per person per year [11th of 16]
Waste water treatment expenditure $75.30 [8th of 15]
Water > Availability 1.35 thousand cubic metres [99th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10.45 mls/litre [13th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.32 mls/litre [77th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 1,566.07 [22nd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 1.1 [82nd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 3.06 mls/litre [127th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.82 % Time series [7th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.19 % Time series [22nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 38.7 % Time series [24th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.26 % Time series [6th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 15.13 % Time series [3rd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 20.43 % Time series [7th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.32 % Time series [30th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.14 % Time series [20th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 829 thousand hectares [19th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 10.0569 thousand hectares per 1 m [62nd of 112]
Wildness 0.02% [109th 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; Wikipedia: Kyoto Protocol ; Wikipedia: Kyoto Protocol; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium, 1999; 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; 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: Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany

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