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Africa > Mauritania > Environment

MAURITANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.59 % of GNI Time series [26th of 57]
Areas under protection 9 [118th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Carbon efficiency 2 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [37th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 3,137.5 [115th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought are contributing to desertification; limited natural fresh water resources away from the Senegal, which is the only perennial river; locust infestation
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 1.22 [97th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 0% [122nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 0.26 % of land area Time series [192nd of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 2,670 km² Time series [149th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 61 [126th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Marine fish catch 25,948 tons [77th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 0.2 thousand metric tons/squ [84th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 829 [119th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 1.7 [120th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 180 thousand metric tons/squ [100th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 20 [94th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 14 [54th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 0.18 thousand cubic metres [130th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 5.54 mls/litre [127th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Wildness 79.46% [5th 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; 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; 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; 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: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah, Muritaniyah

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