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Europe > Latvia > Environment

LATVIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 1.95% [39th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.36 % of GNI Time series [88th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.83 % of GNI Time series [21st of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.05 % of GNI Time series [151st of 165]
Areas under protection 209 [30th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 91.2664 per 1 million people [11th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 474 thousand hectares [46th of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 206.987 thousand hectares per 1 [14th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 1.38% [100th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [55th of 141]
CFC consumption 214.94 [77th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0.0938603 per 1,000 people [57th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 6,490 [96th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 2.83406 per 1,000 people [74th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.29 kg/PPP$ Time series [93rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 6,714.28 kt Time series [103rd of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 2.887 kt per 1,000 people Time series [92nd of 196]
Current issues
Latvia's environment has benefited from a shift to service industries after the country regained independence; the main environmental priorities are improvement of drinking water quality and sewage system, household, and hazardous waste management, as well as reduction of air pollution; in 2001, Latvia closed the EU accession negotiation chapter on environment committing to full enforcement of EU environmental directives by 2010
Ecological footprint 3.74 [45th of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [17th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 4.46 [34th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 241.72 hundred grams/hectare [97th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 47.21 % of land area Time series [45th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 29,410 km² Time series [89th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 12,784.177 km² per 1,000 people Time series [41st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 0.25 Time series [4th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 12% Time series [3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 55% Time series [2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 33% Time series [4th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [137th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species 216 [64th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 94.3231 per 1 million people [18th of 146]
Known mammal species 83 [102nd of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 36.2445 per 1 million people [26th of 145]
Marine areas under protection 2 [73rd of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 0.873362 per 1 million people [32nd of 95]
Marine fish catch 121,058 tons [52nd of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 52.8638 tons per 1,000 people [11th of 141]
Non-wildness 16.24% [22nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.04 thousand metric tons/squ [138th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 29,234.61 kg/day Time series [21st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.19 kg per day per worker Time series [10th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 15.85 mcg/m³ Time series [165th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,798 [97th of 199]
Protected area 12.5 [30th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs 0–50
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend +?
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year 1992
SO2 emissions per populated area 180 thousand metric tons/squ [101st of 141]
SO2 exports 155 hundred metric tons [128th of 141]
Threatened species 17 [103rd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 4 [137th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 49.9 cu km Time series [17th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 63.74 micrograms/m3 [34th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 5.36 micrograms/m3 [134th of 141]
Water > Availability 6.31 thousand cubic metres [50th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10.75 mls/litre [10th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.8 tons/cubic km [34th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.1 mls/litre [122nd of 141]
Water > Salinisation 371.55 [99th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 0 [110th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 2.9 mls/litre [130th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.55 % Time series [28th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.1 % Time series [29th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 53.79 % Time series [11th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.1 % Time series [15th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.73 % Time series [17th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 15.37 % Time series [14th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.63 % Time series [19th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.74 % Time series [2nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 43 thousand hectares [82nd of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 18.7773 thousand hectares per 1 m [41st of 112]
Wildness 0.02% [110th 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; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Red Kite ; 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; 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: Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija

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