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Europe > Portugal > Environment

PORTUGUESE ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 58 [65th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 0.97 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [83rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 64,814 [40th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
soil erosion; air pollution caused by industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution, especially in coastal areas
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 4.99 [34th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 72.2% [64th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 41.34 % of land area Time series [61st of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 37,830 km² Time series [78th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 63 [125th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 16,376 [44th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 5 [27th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 440 [19th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Protected area 6.5 [66th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,170 thousand metric tons/squ [46th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 97 [19th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 13 [58th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 3.25 thousand cubic metres [66th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 2.5 tons/cubic km [19th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.27 % Time series [5th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 0.78% [89th 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; 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: Portugal, Portuguese Republic, Republica Portuguesa

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