Europe > Germany > Environment

View full size

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.05 % of GNI		[44th of 57]
Areas under protection	7,315		[3rd of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	1.19 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[66th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	837,425		[6th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
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
Source: 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
Ecological footprint	6.31		[14th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	100%		[7th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	31.76 % of land area		[87th of 195]
Source: 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
Known mammal species	76		[114th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Municipal waste generation	540 kgs per person per year		[12th of 17]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	216,213		[5th of 199]
Source: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	220		[6th of 25]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	10		[10th of 29]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	546		[12th of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Pollution > Nuclear waste	450		[6th of 16]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	27		[6th of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Threatened species	49		[40th of 158]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Waste generation	340 kgs per person per year		[11th of 16]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	1.35 thousand cubic metres		[99th of 141]
Source: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002
Wildness	0.02%		[109th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org

Related links:

• Forum discussion > Environment
• Stay updated with current stat feeds! Subscribe to the Environment RSS / Atom feeds
•  Subscribe to our popular Environment factoids RSS / Atom feeds
• Save this page on  del.icio.us / furl / your bookmarks

More facts and figures on Germany