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Asia > Kyrgyzstan > Environment

KYRGYZSTANI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 78 [55th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 1.49 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [52nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 4,849.3 [105th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
water pollution; many people get their water directly from contaminated streams and wells; as a result, water-borne diseases are prevalent; increasing soil salinity from faulty irrigation practices
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 1.87 [75th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 0% [131st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 4.53 % of land area Time series [169th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 8,690 km² Time series [123rd of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 83 [103rd of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Marine fish catch 0 tons [127th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 0.08 thousand metric tons/squ [130th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,287 [108th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km. 105,000 [2nd of 11]
Definition: Environment > Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.
SO2 emissions per populated area 270 thousand metric tons/squ [91st of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 15 [116th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Water > Availability 5.47 thousand cubic metres [56th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.93 mls/litre [89th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.03 % Time series [16th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.93 % Time series [27th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 14.97% [56th 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; 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; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard ; 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: Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz Respublikasy

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