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Asia > Turkmenistan > Environment

TURKMENISTANI ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 23 [86th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 5.67 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [5th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 34,584.1 [62nd of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water logging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; diversion of a large share of the flow of the Amu Darya into irrigation contributes to that river's inability to replenish the Aral Sea; desertification
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 3.62 [47th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 0% [133rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 8.78 % of land area Time series [154th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 41,270 km² Time series [75th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known breeding bird species 204 [77th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Known breeding bird species
Known mammal species 103 [83rd of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Marine fish catch 0 tons [132nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
NOx emissions per populated area 0.17 thousand metric tons/squ [98th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 8,847 [64th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 4.2 [91st of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 180 thousand metric tons/squ [103rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 33 [65th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 11 [78th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability -0.49 thousand cubic metres [136th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.74 mls/litre [94th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Wildness 22.28% [45th 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; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; 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

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