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Middle East > Israel > Environment

ISRAELI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [126th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.4 % of GNI Time series [81st of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.54 % of GNI Time series [60th of 165]
Areas under protection 188 [34th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 29.9506 per 1 million people [23rd of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 27 thousand hectares [81st of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 4.30142 thousand hectares per 1 [68th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 6.67% [21st of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [49th of 141]
CFC consumption 0 [106th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0 per 1,000 people [106th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 62,718.9 [43rd of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 9.99186 per 1,000 people [22nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.47 kg/PPP$ Time series [51st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 68,296.63 kt Time series [44th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 10.209 kt per 1,000 people Time series [26th of 196]
Current issues
limited arable land and natural fresh water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides
Ecological footprint 5.4 [30th of 141]
Endangered species protection 52.6% [87th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 4.04 [43rd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 3,450.14 hundred grams/hectare [14th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 7.9 % of land area Time series [156th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 1,710 km² Time series [153rd of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 246.981 km² per 1,000 people Time series [174th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 2.05 Time series [66th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 62% Time series [87th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 31% Time series [23rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 7% Time series [55th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 204.5 [21st of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Marine Life Conservation Time series
Known breeding bird species 162 [108th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 25.8085 per 1 million people [59th of 146]
Known mammal species 116 [76th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 18.4802 per 1 million people [50th of 145]
Marine areas under protection 8 [41st of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 1.27449 per 1 million people [27th of 95]
Marine fish catch 5,792 tons [90th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 0.922734 tons per 1,000 people [90th of 141]
Non-wildness 14.79% [26th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.76 thousand metric tons/squ [26th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 54,046.11 kg/day Time series [24th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.16 kg per day per worker Time series [33rd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 37.51 mcg/m³ Time series [100th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 16,683 [43rd of 199]
Protected area 14.9 [22nd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 3,310 thousand metric tons/squ [15th of 141]
SO2 exports 632.58 hundred metric tons [101st of 141]
Threatened species 36 [59th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 13 [63rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources 1.7 cu km Time series [18th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 35.55 micrograms/m3 [110th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 16.82 micrograms/m3 [112nd of 141]
Water > Availability 0.36 thousand cubic metres [123rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10.33 mls/litre [17th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 27.07 tons/cubic km [1st of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.42 mls/litre [47th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 2,149.96 [10th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 100 [2nd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 2.83 mls/litre [132nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 10.49 % Time series [20th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.14 % Time series [41st of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 45.54 % Time series [26th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.6 % Time series [30th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 10.1 % Time series [12th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 22.26 % Time series [10th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.98 % Time series [37th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.89 % Time series [32nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 0 thousand hectares [113rd of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 0 thousand hectares per 1 m [112nd of 112]
Wildness 0.61% [93rd 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; 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: Israel, State of Israel, Medinat Yisra'el, Yisra'el

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