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Middle East > United Arab Emirates > Environment

EMIRATI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 2 [141st of 146]
Carbon efficiency 4.92 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [7th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 72,309.8 [39th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Coral reefs > Area 1,190 sq km [15th of 28]
Definition: Environment > Coral reefs > Area
Current issues
lack of natural freshwater resources compensated by desalination plants; desertification; beach pollution from oil spills
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 15.99 [1st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 66.7% [76th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 3.73 % of land area Time series [171st of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 3,120 km² Time series [145th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 25 [140th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Marine fish catch 117,462 tons [53rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 4.99 thousand metric tons/squ [2nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 24,011 [35th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
SO2 emissions per populated area 1,520 thousand metric tons/squ [42nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 10 [132nd of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 3 [148th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability -0.91 thousand cubic metres [138th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.74 mls/litre [43rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.5 % Time series [38th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 0.16% [100th 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; 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 Development Indicators database; FAOSTAT on-line database; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Jacaranda Atlas; 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; 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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