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Europe > Romania > Environment

ROMANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 19.27% [19th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.74 % of GNI Time series [45th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.06 % of GNI Time series [148th of 165]
Areas under protection 157 [38th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 7.0309 per 1 million people [54th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 662 thousand hectares [44th of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 29.6462 thousand hectares per 1 [44th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 3.24% [57th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.81 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [41st of 141]
CFC consumption 15,021.7 [36th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0.672712 per 1,000 people [38th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 90,728.7 [35th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 4.06309 per 1,000 people [63rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.58 kg/PPP$ Time series [36th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 91,117.12 kt Time series [37th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 4.191 kt per 1,000 people Time series [78th of 196]
Current issues
soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands
Ecological footprint 3.49 [48th of 141]
Endangered species protection 40% [99th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 4.12 [40th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 385.74 hundred grams/hectare [88th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 27.7 % of land area Time series [106th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 63,700 km² Time series [67th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 2,944.392 km² per 1,000 people Time series [96th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 6.5 Time series [2nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 57% Time series [1st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 9% Time series [4th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 34% Time series [3rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 158 [29th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species 257 [35th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 11.5092 per 1 million people [94th of 146]
Known mammal species 84 [100th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 3.76176 per 1 million people [113rd of 145]
Marine areas under protection 7 [45th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 0.31348 per 1 million people [58th of 95]
Marine fish catch 2,438 tons [101st of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 0.10918 tons per 1,000 people [104th of 141]
Non-wildness 15.68% [24th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.27 thousand metric tons/squ [62nd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 38,394.79 kg/day Time series [45th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.07 kg per day per worker Time series [77th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 16.01 mcg/m³ Time series [162nd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 22,163 [37th of 199]
Protected area 4.7 [84th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs 15–20
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend ?+
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year 1995
SO2 emissions per populated area 2,040 thousand metric tons/squ [31st of 141]
SO2 exports 2,768 hundred metric tons [19th of 141]
Threatened species 61 [32nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 16 [45th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 42.3 cu km Time series [12th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 71 micrograms/m3 [17th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 10 micrograms/m3 [130th of 141]
Water > Availability 1.45 thousand cubic metres [98th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 9.7 mls/litre [28th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.4 mls/litre [51st of 141]
Water > Salinisation 438.87 [87th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 1.7 [78th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 4.38 mls/litre [90th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.02 % Time series [34th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.3 % Time series [20th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.09 % Time series [77th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 17.12 % Time series [11th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.38 % Time series [16th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 17.57 % Time series [24th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 28.66 % Time series [5th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 12.5 % Time series [1st of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 665 thousand hectares [24th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 29.7806 thousand hectares per 1 m [31st of 112]
Wildness 0% [139th of 141]

SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; FAOSTAT on-line database; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the last wild places on the earth's surface. Accessed via ciesin.org; 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; Wikipedia: Red Kite ; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, RAINS-ASIA and Co-operative Programme formonitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 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

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