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Asia > Korea, South > Environment

KOREAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 58.9% [4th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.43 % of GNI Time series [76th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.6 % of GNI Time series [56th of 165]
Breeding birds threatened 22.32% [4th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [48th of 141]
CFC consumption 1,858,870 [2nd of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 38.2161 per 1,000 people [4th of 107]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.53 kg/PPP$ Time series [41st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 455,878.7 kt Time series [9th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 9.527 kt per 1,000 people Time series [34th of 196]
Current issues
air pollution in large cities; acid rain; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; drift net fishing
Ecological footprint 5.6 [23rd of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [20th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 4.48 [32nd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 5,117.1 hundred grams/hectare [8th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 63.46 % of land area Time series [20th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 62,650 km² Time series [68th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 1,297.259 km² per 1,000 people Time series [135th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 18.59 Time series [29th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 48% Time series [102nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 36% Time series [17th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 16% Time series [30th of 124]
International agreements > Party to
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Marine fish catch 1,372,770 tons [13th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 28.2225 tons per 1,000 people [21st of 141]
Non-wildness 20.92% [15th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 1.24 thousand metric tons/squ [14th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 315,177.1 kg/day Time series [12th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.12 kg per day per worker Time series [49th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 38.22 mcg/m³ Time series [97th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 107,399 [9th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 115 [10th of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP) 0.0124311 per $100 million [11th of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita) 2.36426 per 1 million people [12th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 8 [20th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 400 [22nd of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita 28 [22nd of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste 364 [7th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency 2.3 [8th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita 4.8 [12th of 16]
Protected area 2.4 [112nd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 19,430 thousand metric tons/squ [2nd of 141]
SO2 exports 438 hundred metric tons [110th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies 0% [31st of 31]
Threatened species 26 [78th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 6 [118th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 69.7 cu km Time series [14th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 52.86 micrograms/m3 [65th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 52.41 micrograms/m3 [63rd of 141]
Water > Availability 1.16 thousand cubic metres [104th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10.32 mls/litre [18th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 5.68 tons/cubic km [9th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 1.13 mls/litre [3rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation 141.33 [128th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 49.8 [33rd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 1.69 mls/litre [140th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 12.97 % Time series [11th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.2 % Time series [32nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 25.78 % Time series [45th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.37 % Time series [9th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 15.71 % Time series [2nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 18.88 % Time series [16th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 13.62 % Time series [16th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.46 % Time series [40th of 114]
Wildness 0% [132nd 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; 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; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium, 1999; 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; Assessment of the Country Allocation of the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index, SAM SustainabilityGroup 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: Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea

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