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Europe > Norway > Environment

NORWEGIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 178 [36th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 0.74 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [97th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 35,312.2 [60th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes, threatening fish stocks; air pollution from vehicle emissions
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 6.13 [18th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 87% [43rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 30.85 % of land area Time series [91st of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Known mammal species 54 [133rd of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Municipal waste generation 620 kgs per person per year [6th of 17]
Definition: Environment > Municipal waste generation
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 10,565 [60th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 8 [18th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 600 [6th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Protected area 6.8 [61st of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 350 thousand metric tons/squ [87th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 16 [111st of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Waste generation 330 kgs per person per year [12th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Waste generation
Water > Availability 57.71 thousand cubic metres [7th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.2 tons/cubic km [51st of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.13 % Time series [24th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 28.71% [39th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: 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; World Development Indicators database; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Jacaranda Atlas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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: Norway, Kingdom of Norway, Kongeriket Norge, Norge

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