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Oceania > Papua New Guinea > Environment

PAPUA NEW GUINEAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 29 [79th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 0.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [105th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 2,445.4 [120th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Coral reefs > Area 13,840 sq km [2nd of 28]
Definition: Environment > Coral reefs > Area
Current issues
rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 1.4 [89th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 73.9% [63rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 65 % of land area Time series [18th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 294,370 km² Time series [21st of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 214 [33rd of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Marine fish catch 37,946 tons [71st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 0.01 thousand metric tons/squ [141st of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 662 [122nd of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
SO2 emissions per populated area 40 thousand metric tons/squ [139th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 122 [11th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 57 [7th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 154.61 thousand cubic metres [3rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.3 mls/litre [57th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.2 % Time series [6th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 35.28% [33rd 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; 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; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Jacaranda Atlas; 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: Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, new guinea, papua n.g.

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