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Arctic Region > Iceland > Environment

ICELANDIC ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 79 [51st of 146]
Carbon efficiency 0.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [93rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 2,231.7 [122nd of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
water pollution from fertilizer runoff; inadequate wastewater treatment
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 6.02 [19th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 0% [128th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 0.46 % of land area Time series [188th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 460 km² Time series [164th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 11 [144th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 564 [126th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 8 [16th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 650 [3rd of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Protected area 9.7 [40th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 960 thousand metric tons/squ [53rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 1 [159th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 1 [158th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 294.34 thousand cubic metres [1st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.08 tons/cubic km [63rd of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.01 % Time series [73rd of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 80.08% [4th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: 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; World Development Indicators database; 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; 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: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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