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Europe > Romania > Environment

ROMANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 157 [38th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 1.81 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [41st of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions 90,728.7 [35th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues
soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands
Source: 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
Ecological footprint 3.49 [48th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection 40% [99th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area 27.7 % of land area Time series [106th of 195]
Source: 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
Forest area > sq. km 63,700 km² Time series [67th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species 84 [100th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch 2,438 tons [101st of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area 0.27 thousand metric tons/squ [62nd of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 22,163 [37th of 199]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Protected area 4.7 [84th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area 2,040 thousand metric tons/squ [31st of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species 61 [32nd of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal 16 [45th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability 1.45 thousand cubic metres [98th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 9.7 mls/litre [28th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 12.5 % Time series [1st of 114]
Source: 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
Wildness 0% [139th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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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

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