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Europe > Lithuania > Environment

LITHUANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.13 % of GNI Time series [46th of 57]
Areas under protection 79 [52nd of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency 1.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [45th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions 11,573.8 [83rd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues
contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases
Source: 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
Ecological footprint 4.76 [37th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection 0% [138th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area 33.49 % of land area Time series [82nd of 195]
Source: 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
Forest area > sq. km 20,990 km² Time series [104th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species 68 [122nd of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area 0.21 thousand metric tons/squ [80th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 3,614 [82nd of 199]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Protected area 10 [38th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,690 thousand metric tons/squ [36th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species 15 [118th of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal 5 [128th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability 5.1 thousand cubic metres [57th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution 1.29 tons/cubic km [27th of 69]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 7.06 % Time series [3rd of 114]
Source: 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
Wildness 0% [135th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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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: Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania, Lietuvos Respublika, Lietuva

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