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Middle East > United Arab Emirates > Environment

EMIRATI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [131st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.94 % of GNI Time series [38th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 1.35 % of GNI Time series [11th of 165]
Areas under protection 2 [141st of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 0.780336 per 1 million people [112nd of 146]
Breeding birds threatened 11.94% [10th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 4.92 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [7th of 141]
CFC consumption 137,378 [13th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 53.6007 per 1,000 people [3rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions 72,309.8 [39th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 28.213 per 1,000 people [2nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 1.53 kg/PPP$ Time series [7th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 135,025.5 kt Time series [30th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 33.414 kt per 1,000 people Time series [3rd of 196]
Coral reefs > Area 1,190 sq km [15th of 28]
    Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP) 0.0186901 sq km per $1 million [15th of 26]
    Coral reefs > Area (per capita) 0.4643 sq km per 1,000 people [14th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share 0.42%
Current issues
lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills
Ecological footprint 15.99 [1st of 141]
Endangered species protection 66.7% [76th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption 7,900 hundred grams/hectare [4th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 3.73 % of land area Time series [171st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 3,120 km² Time series [145th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 688.264 km² per 1,000 people Time series [158th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 2.3 Time series [63rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 68% Time series [72nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 23% Time series [39th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 9% Time series [47th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 724.1 [3rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Law of the Sea Time series
Known breeding bird species 34 [147th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 13.2657 per 1 million people [90th of 146]
Known mammal species 25 [140th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 9.75419 per 1 million people [82nd of 145]
Marine fish catch 117,462 tons [53rd of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 45.8299 tons per 1,000 people [12th of 141]
Non-wildness 2.64% [77th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 4.99 thousand metric tons/squ [2nd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 5,638.18 kg/day Time series [81st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.14 kg per day per worker Time series [94th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 125.6 mcg/m³ Time series [11th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 24,011 [35th of 199]
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,520 thousand metric tons/squ [42nd of 141]
SO2 exports 1,292.63 hundred metric tons [70th of 141]
Threatened species 10 [132nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 3 [148th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 0.2 cu km Time series [28th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 93.7 micrograms/m3 [4th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 61.54 micrograms/m3 [55th of 141]
Water > Availability -0.91 thousand cubic metres [138th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.74 mls/litre [43rd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.44 mls/litre [44th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 2,087.05 [11th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 74 [25th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 8.04 mls/litre [3rd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 10.04 % Time series [20th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.04 % Time series [3rd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 42.32 % Time series [73rd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 11.66 % Time series [27th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 8.69 % Time series [22nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 22.09 % Time series [9th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.67 % Time series [97th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.5 % Time series [38th of 114]
Wildness 0.16% [100th 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; World Resources Institute; 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; 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; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; 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: United Arab Emirates, Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah, united ar. em., united arab emir., united arab emirates b, uae, the united arab emirates

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