FACTOID # 1: Almost half of Ecuador is subject to environmental protection.
 
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Asia > Nepal > Environment

NEPALESE ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 2.48 % of GNI Time series [9th of 57]
Areas under protection 15 [97th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Carbon efficiency 0.3 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [124th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 3,229.4 [114th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
deforestation (overuse of wood for fuel and lack of alternatives); contaminated water (with human and animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents); wildlife conservation; vehicular emissions
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 1.01 [111st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 75% [61st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 25.43 % of land area Time series [109th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 36,360 km² Time series [80th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 181 [51st of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 906 [117th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 7.8 [52nd of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km. 30,000 [9th of 11]
Definition: Environment > Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.
SO2 emissions per populated area 50 thousand metric tons/squ [137th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 61 [30th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 28 [26th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 5.97 thousand cubic metres [52nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.17 tons/cubic km [54th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.7 % Time series [36th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 2.62% [74th 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard ; 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: Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal

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COMMENTARY     

Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor
14th March 2005 		In response to Moon -- See the data for protected areas, as percentage of total area and in absolute figures; also see data for conservation initiatives such as breeding endangered birds and protecting endangered species. Nepal is also party to several international agreements for environment protection and is a signatory to other conventions that it is yet to ratify. For more, see: http://www.mtnforum.org/
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