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Europe > Netherlands > Environment

DUTCH ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 43.81% [11th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.16 % of GNI Time series [149th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.57 % of GNI Time series [59th of 165]
Areas under protection 86 [49th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 5.24167 per 1 million people [60th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 260 thousand hectares [55th of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 15.8469 thousand hectares per 1 [51st of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 2.09% [78th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [64th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 174,809 [22nd of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 10.6545 per 1,000 people [18th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.3 kg/PPP$ Time series [89th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 140,893.6 kt Time series [28th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 8.684 kt per 1,000 people Time series [39th of 196]
Coral reefs > Area 470 sq km [21st of 28]
    Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP) 0.000976928 sq km per $1 million [23rd of 26]
    Coral reefs > Area (per capita) 0.0286463 sq km per 1,000 people [20th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share 0.17%
Current issues
water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain
Ecological footprint 5.75 [22nd of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [1st of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 6.18 [6th of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP 1.8 % of GDP [1st of 17]
Fertiliser consumption 5,132.45 hundred grams/hectare [7th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 10.77 % of land area Time series [146th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 3,650 km² Time series [142nd of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 223.654 km² per 1,000 people Time series [176th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 8.86 Time series [4th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 34% Time series [3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 6% Time series [5th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 60% Time series [2nd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 70.2 [60th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
Known breeding bird species 192 [89th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 11.7023 per 1 million people [92nd of 146]
Known mammal species 55 [132nd of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 3.35223 per 1 million people [115th of 145]
Known reptile species 7 [13th of 18]
Marine areas under protection 10 [34th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 0.609496 per 1 million people [44th of 95]
Marine fish catch 446,609 tons [29th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 27.2206 tons per 1,000 people [23rd of 141]
Municipal waste generation 610 kgs per person per year [7th of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure $9.50 [14th of 18]
Non-wildness 43.79% [2nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 1.51 thousand metric tons/squ [10th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 130,882.1 kg/day Time series [29th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.18 kg per day per worker Time series [69th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 34.11 mcg/m³ Time series [110th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 36,747 [26th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 64 [23rd of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP) 0.0133028 per $100 million [10th of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita) 3.90077 per 1 million people [4th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 11 [8th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 560 [9th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita 28 [21st of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste 12 [16th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency 0.2 [15th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita 0.9 [15th of 16]
Protected area 6.7 [63rd of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs <5
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend +
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year ca.1998
SO2 emissions per populated area 4,190 thousand metric tons/squ [12th of 141]
SO2 exports 425 hundred metric tons [112nd of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies 64.5% [5th of 31]
Threatened species 19 [97th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 6 [113rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources 89.7 cu km Time series [11th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 58 micrograms/m3 [49th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 10 micrograms/m3 [129th of 141]
Waste generation 530 kgs per person per year [2nd of 16]
Waste water treatment expenditure $109.60 [3rd of 15]
Water > Availability 0.65 thousand cubic metres [114th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 9.78 mls/litre [26th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 1.29 tons/cubic km [26th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.27 mls/litre [88th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 623.12 [68th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 36 [41st of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 3.26 mls/litre [121st of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.15 % Time series [15th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.16 % Time series [69th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 43.25 % Time series [71st of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 7.63 % Time series [44th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 8.33 % Time series [25th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 25.7 % Time series [15th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.61 % Time series [104th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.18 % Time series [86th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 327 thousand hectares [39th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 19.9305 thousand hectares per 1 m [39th of 112]
Wildness 0% [116th 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; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; OECD Environmental Indicators, p. 104. See also Myriam Linster and Frederique Zegel, 'Pollution Abatement and Control in OECD Countries', OECD Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks at www.oecd.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; World Resources: A Report by the World Resources Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development; FAOSTAT on-line database; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; OECD Environmental Data Com¡pendium: 2002; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium, 1999; 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; Assessment of the Country Allocation of the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index, SAM SustainabilityGroup 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; OECD Environmental Data Com¡pendium: 2003; 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: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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