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Europe > Spain > Environment

SPANISH ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 328 [23rd of 146]
Carbon efficiency 1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [81st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 304,882 [16th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; water quality and quantity nationwide; air pollution; deforestation; desertification
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 5.5 [26th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 100% [23rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 35.89 % of land area Time series [74th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Known mammal species 82 [105th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 74,691 [18th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 81 [19th of 25]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 6 [26th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 390 [23rd of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Pollution > Nuclear waste 192 [9th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Nuclear waste
Protected area 8.4 [48th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,310 thousand metric tons/squ [45th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species > Mammal 19 [37th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 2.33 thousand cubic metres [77th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 3.7 tons/cubic km [15th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.31 % Time series [7th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 3.43% [71st 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; 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; 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: Spain, Kingdom of Spain, Espana

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