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Central America and the Caribbean > Saint Lucia > Environment

SAINT LUCIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.26 % of GNI Time series [118th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.17 % of GNI Time series [116th of 165]
CO2 Emissions 445.5 [150th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 2.6787 per 1,000 people [78th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.37 kg/PPP$ Time series [70th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 326.01 kt Time series [173rd of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 2.03 kt per 1,000 people Time series [104th of 196]
Coral reefs > Area 160 sq km [24th of 28]
    Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP) 0.184758 sq km per $1 million [11th of 26]
    Coral reefs > Area (per capita) 0.962047 sq km per 1,000 people [12th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share 0.06%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.5 Time series [23rd of 75]
Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region
Forest area > % of land area 27.87 % of land area Time series [105th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 170 km² Time series [173rd of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 1,031.61 km² per 1,000 people Time series [145th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [179th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 28.33 mcg/m³ Time series [124th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 88 [168th of 199]
Threatened species 9 [136th of 158]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Saint Lucia, st lucia, St. Lucia

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