FACTOID # 2: Japan's water has a very high dissolved oxygen concentration - but not enough to prevent drowning in the bath.
 
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Europe > Switzerland > Environment

SWISS ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.04 % of GNI Time series [48th of 57]
Areas under protection 2,177 [9th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Carbon efficiency 0.61 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [104th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 41,789.4 [58th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 6.63 [13th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 100% [2nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 30.52 % of land area Time series [92nd of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Known mammal species 75 [116th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Municipal waste generation 650 kgs per person per year [4th of 17]
Definition: Environment > Municipal waste generation
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 11,075 [57th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 6 [23rd of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 600 [5th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Pollution > Nuclear waste 64 [12th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Nuclear waste
Protected area 18 [15th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
Waste generation 450 kgs per person per year [6th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Waste generation
Water > Availability 5.74 thousand cubic metres [54th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 3.02 tons/cubic km [18th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.15 % Time series [14th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 2.43% [78th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Jacaranda Atlas; 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: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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