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Asia > India > Environment

INDIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.57 % of GNI Time series [27th of 57]
Areas under protection 497 [21st of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Biodiversity richness 1 [52nd of 53]
Definition: Environment > Biodiversity richness
Carbon efficiency 1.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [57th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 1,007,980 [5th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 1.06 [109th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 100% [18th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 22.77 % of land area Time series [115th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Known mammal species 390 [8th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 293,938 [4th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 253 [5th of 25]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
Protected area 4.8 [82nd of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,150 thousand metric tons/squ [47th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 193 [7th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 75 [3rd of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 1.56 thousand cubic metres [93rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.97 tons/cubic km [32nd of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.33 % Time series [50th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 1.94% [82nd 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; 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

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