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Africa > Liberia > Environment

LIBERIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [100th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.57 % of GNI Time series [57th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 6.07 % of GNI Time series [3rd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.49 % of GNI Time series [63rd of 165]
Areas under protection 2 [140th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 0.689655 per 1 million people [119th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened 2.96% [61st of 136]
Carbon efficiency 0.99 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [82nd of 141]
CO2 Emissions 424.3 [151st of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 0.14631 per 1,000 people [152nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kt 461.54 kt Time series [168th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 0.143 kt per 1,000 people Time series [176th of 196]
Current issues
tropical rain forest deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage
Ecological footprint 1.16 [100th of 141]
Endangered species protection 44.4% [96th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption 0 hundred grams/hectare [141st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 32.75 % of land area Time series [85th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 31,540 km² Time series [88th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 9,606.285 km² per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 0.11 Time series [115th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 55% Time series [96th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 27% Time series [28th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 18% Time series [23rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [146th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species 146 [114th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 50.3448 per 1 million people [30th of 146]
Known mammal species 193 [43rd of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 66.5517 per 1 million people [14th of 145]
Marine areas under protection 1 [85th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 0.344828 per 1 million people [54th of 95]
Marine fish catch 10,861 tons [86th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 3.74517 tons per 1,000 people [65th of 141]
Non-wildness 1.78% [86th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.27 thousand metric tons/squ [61st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 615.42 kg/day Time series [103rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.3 kg per day per worker Time series [5th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 43.95 mcg/m³ Time series [79th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 109 [163rd of 199]
Protected area 1.3 [123rd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 110 thousand metric tons/squ [120th of 141]
SO2 exports 1,343.31 hundred metric tons [67th of 141]
Threatened species 30 [67th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 11 [74th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 232 cu km Time series [3rd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 61.49 micrograms/m3 [40th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 152.18 micrograms/m3 [3rd of 141]
Water > Availability 58.85 thousand cubic metres [6th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.01 mls/litre [64th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.49 mls/litre [34th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 891.54 [50th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 0 [116th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 7.6 mls/litre [11th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.15 % Time series [67th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.2 % Time series [50th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 85.44 % Time series [4th of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.88 % Time series [90th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 5 % Time series [93rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.55 % Time series [101st of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.33 % Time series [42nd of 114]
Wildness 8.96% [65th 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; Jacaranda Atlas; 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; 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: Liberia, Republic of Liberia

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