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Southeast Asia > Laos > Environment

LAO ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 29.22% [17th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.37 % of GNI Time series [86th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.7 % of GNI Time series [49th of 165]
Areas under protection 20 [90th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 3.21699 per 1 million people [75th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [23rd of 53]
Breeding birds threatened 3.9% [51st of 136]
Carbon efficiency 0.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [137th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 412.6 [152nd of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 0.0663664 per 1,000 people [166th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.13 kg/PPP$ Time series [142nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 1,252.75 kt Time series [148th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 0.221 kt per 1,000 people Time series [166th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.5 Time series [28th of 75]
Current issues
unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; most of the population does not have access to potable water
Ecological footprint 0.91 [120th of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [135th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption 127.07 hundred grams/hectare [106th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 69.94 % of land area Time series [12th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 161,420 km² Time series [34th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 27,247.814 km² per 1,000 people Time series [24th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 3 Time series [57th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 90% Time series [34th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 4% Time series [102nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 6% Time series [61st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [169th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species 212 [66th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 34.1 per 1 million people [44th of 146]
Known mammal species 172 [56th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 27.6661 per 1 million people [29th of 145]
Marine fish catch 0 tons [135th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 0 tons per 1,000 people [135th of 141]
Non-wildness 0.01% [141st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.29 thousand metric tons/squ [57th of 141]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 47.36 mcg/m³ Time series [68th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 111 [162nd of 199]
SO2 emissions per populated area 110 thousand metric tons/squ [123rd of 141]
SO2 exports 8.18 hundred metric tons [140th of 141]
Threatened species 68 [26th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 30 [24th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 333.6 cu km Time series [1st of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 39.33 micrograms/m3 [105th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 103.19 micrograms/m3 [24th of 141]
Water > Availability 40.43 thousand cubic metres [12th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 7.98 mls/litre [66th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.45 mls/litre [43rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation 239.07 [117th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 0 [131st of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 5.13 mls/litre [68th of 141]
Wildness 6.21% [66th 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; 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 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; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; 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; 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: Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, lao people’s democratic republic, lao people's dem rep., lao people's dem. rep., lao people's dem., Lao PDR, Lao People's Dem. Rep.

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