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Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Environment

JAMAICAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 143 [39th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 3 [3rd of 53]
Definition: Environment > Biodiversity richness
Carbon efficiency 3.29 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [14th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 10,319.7 [86th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Coral reefs > Area 1,240 sq km [14th of 28]
Definition: Environment > Coral reefs > Area
Current issues
heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 2.68 [59th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 50% [91st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 31.3 % of land area Time series [89th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 3,390 km² Time series [143rd of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 24 [141st of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 2,788 [88th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 0.1 [146th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 17,050 thousand metric tons/squ [3rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 28 [72nd of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 4 [143rd of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 3.24 thousand cubic metres [67th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 2.19 tons/cubic km [22nd of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.34 % Time series [68th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 0% [134th 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; 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; 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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