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Europe > Latvia > Environment

LATVIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.83 % of GNI Time series [21st of 57]
Areas under protection 209 [30th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Carbon efficiency 1.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [55th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 6,490 [96th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
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
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 3.74 [45th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 100% [17th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 47.21 % of land area Time series [45th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 29,410 km² Time series [89th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 83 [102nd of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
NOx emissions per populated area 0.04 thousand metric tons/squ [138th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,798 [97th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 12.5 [30th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 180 thousand metric tons/squ [101st of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 17 [103rd of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 4 [137th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 6.31 thousand cubic metres [50th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.8 tons/cubic km [34th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.74 % Time series [2nd of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 0.02% [110th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; 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; 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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