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Southeast Asia > Laos > Environment

LAO ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 20 [90th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [23rd of 53]
Definition: Environment > Biodiversity richness
Carbon efficiency 0.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [137th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 412.6 [152nd of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; most of the population does not have access to potable water
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 0.91 [120th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 0% [135th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 69.94 % of land area Time series [12th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 161,420 km² Time series [34th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known breeding bird species 212 [66th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Known breeding bird species
Known mammal species 172 [56th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Marine fish catch 0 tons [135th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 0.29 thousand metric tons/squ [57th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 111 [162nd of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
SO2 emissions per populated area 110 thousand metric tons/squ [123rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 68 [26th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 30 [24th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 40.43 thousand cubic metres [12th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 7.98 mls/litre [66th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Wildness 6.21% [66th 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Jacaranda Atlas; 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: 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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