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Middle East > Iran > Environment

IRANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Biodiversity richness 2 [27th of 53]
Carbon efficiency 2.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [28th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
Coral reefs > Area 700 sq km [19th of 28]
Definition: Environment > Coral reefs > Area
Current issues
air pollution, especially in urban areas, from vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; wetland losses from drought; soil degradation (salination); inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial waste; urbanization
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 2.47 [64th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 69.6% [71st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 6.77 % of land area Time series [161st of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 110,750 km² Time series [48th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Marine fish catch 233,495 tons [41st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 0.12 thousand metric tons/squ [117th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 82,269 [16th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 81 [17th of 25]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
Protected area 5.1 [77th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 490 thousand metric tons/squ [78th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 54 [37th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 20 [35th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 0.63 thousand cubic metres [116th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10.57 mls/litre [12th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.87 % Time series [29th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 2.53% [75th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: ; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; FAOSTAT on-line database; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; 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; 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: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, iran (islamic rep. of), iran (islamic republic of), Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Islamic Rep. of Iran

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