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Arctic Region > Iceland > Environment

ICELANDIC ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [104th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.11 % of GNI Time series [157th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.07 % of GNI Time series [145th of 165]
Areas under protection 79 [51st of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 266.229 per 1 million people [4th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened 0% [136th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 0.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [93rd of 141]
CFC consumption 0 [104th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0 per 1,000 people [104th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 2,231.7 [122nd of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 7.5208 per 1,000 people [37th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.26 kg/PPP$ Time series [102nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 2,186.81 kt Time series [134th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 7.552 kt per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 196]
Current issues
water pollution from fertilizer runoff; inadequate wastewater treatment
Ecological footprint 6.02 [19th of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [128th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 5.86 [9th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 31,000 hundred grams/hectare [1st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 0.46 % of land area Time series [188th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 460 km² Time series [164th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 1,550.126 km² per 1,000 people Time series [127th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 0.17 Time series [5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 0% Time series [5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 34% Time series [3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 66% Time series [2nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 558.9 [5th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Transboundary Air Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species 93 [140th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 313.409 per 1 million people [5th of 146]
Known mammal species 11 [144th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 37.0699 per 1 million people [23rd of 145]
Marine areas under protection 5 [49th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 16.8499 per 1 million people [2nd of 95]
Marine fish catch 1,678,890 tons [11th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 5,657.82 tons per 1,000 people [1st of 141]
Non-wildness 0.15% [131st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 1.76 thousand metric tons/squ [9th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 6,646.19 kg/day Time series [85th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.31 kg per day per worker Time series [4th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 18.13 mcg/m³ Time series [156th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 564 [126th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 8 [16th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 650 [3rd of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita 106 [2nd of 29]
Protected area 9.7 [40th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 960 thousand metric tons/squ [53rd of 141]
SO2 exports 110 hundred metric tons [131st of 141]
Threatened species 1 [159th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 1 [158th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 170 cu km Time series [6th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 42 micrograms/m3 [98th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 5 micrograms/m3 [136th of 141]
Water > Availability 294.34 thousand cubic metres [1st of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.39 mls/litre [53rd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.08 tons/cubic km [63rd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.35 mls/litre [67th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 304.23 [108th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 0 [120th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 5.61 mls/litre [53rd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.13 % Time series [90th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.08 % Time series [85th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 76.48 % Time series [2nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.6 % Time series [55th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.46 % Time series [72nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 12.95 % Time series [42nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.3 % Time series [95th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.01 % Time series [73rd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 59 thousand hectares [76th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 198.829 thousand hectares per 1 m [11th of 112]
Wildness 80.08% [4th 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; 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; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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