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South America > Peru > Environment

PERUVIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 36 [73rd of 146]
Carbon efficiency 0.67 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [102nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 28,193.7 [68th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 1.33 [92nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 75% [59th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 53.7 % of land area Time series [35th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 687,420 km² Time series [9th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 460 [3rd of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Marine fish catch 8,257,120 tons [2nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 0.07 thousand metric tons/squ [132nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 8,295 [66th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 2.7 [106th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 450 thousand metric tons/squ [80th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 122 [10th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 46 [9th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 47.55 thousand cubic metres [10th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 7.11 mls/litre [86th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.97 % Time series [49th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 45.56% [23rd 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; 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: Peru, Republic of Peru, Republica del Peru

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