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Middle East > Syria > Environment

SYRIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [79th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 1.45 % of GNI Time series [17th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.92 % of GNI Time series [31st of 165]
Breeding birds threatened 3.92% [49th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 2.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [22nd of 141]
CFC consumption 279,497 [7th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 15.1497 per 1,000 people [9th of 107]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.81 kg/PPP$ Time series [23rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 48,941.34 kt Time series [56th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 2.7 kt per 1,000 people Time series [95th of 196]
Current issues
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution from raw sewage and petroleum refining wastes; inadequate potable water
Ecological footprint 2.56 [62nd of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [120th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption 698.8 hundred grams/hectare [70th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 2.51 % of land area Time series [176th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 4,610 km² Time series [137th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 242.079 km² per 1,000 people Time series [175th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 19.95 Time series [28th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 95% Time series [15th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 3% Time series [105th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 2% Time series [84th of 124]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
Environmental Modification
Marine fish catch 2,530 tons [100th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 0.137135 tons per 1,000 people [102nd of 141]
Non-wildness 1.95% [84th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.21 thousand metric tons/squ [79th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 15,114.56 kg/day Time series [66th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.2 kg per day per worker Time series [30th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 86.14 mcg/m³ Time series [26th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 14,563 [49th of 199]
SO2 emissions per populated area 710 thousand metric tons/squ [62nd of 141]
SO2 exports 1,271.38 hundred metric tons [73rd of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal 4 [135th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 46.1 cu km Time series [14th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 41.83 micrograms/m3 [99th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 63.5 micrograms/m3 [53rd of 141]
Water > Availability 0.35 thousand cubic metres [124th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 5.83 mls/litre [118th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.21 mls/litre [95th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 1,608.99 [21st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 99.6 [3rd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 5.01 mls/litre [73rd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.9 % Time series [74th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.95 % Time series [1st of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 69.81 % Time series [13th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.14 % Time series [46th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.21 % Time series [78th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.45 % Time series [86th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 19.37 % Time series [16th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.17 % Time series [86th of 114]
Wildness 0.11% [102nd 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; 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; 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 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; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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