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Africa > Tanzania > Environment

TANZANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [99th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.23 % of GNI Time series [128th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.17 % of GNI Time series [114th of 165]
Biodiversity richness 1 [45th of 53]
Breeding birds threatened 3.99% [48th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 0.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [115th of 141]
CFC consumption 1,125 [64th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0.0305989 per 1,000 people [78th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 2,695.2 [118th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 0.0733069 per 1,000 people [163rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.17 kg/PPP$ Time series [131st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 3,802.19 kt Time series [119th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 0.103 kt per 1,000 people Time series [181st of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.5 Time series [16th of 75]
Current issues
soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; recent droughts affected marginal agriculture; wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory
Ecological footprint 1.02 [110th of 141]
Endangered species protection 84.2% [47th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption 74.2 hundred grams/hectare [115th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 39.9 % of land area Time series [63rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 352,570 km² Time series [18th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 9,198.564 km² per 1,000 people Time series [51st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 5.18 Time series [50th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 89% Time series [36th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 10% Time series [78th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 0% Time series [121st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [144th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Marine fish catch 47,020 tons [66th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 1.2789 tons per 1,000 people [87th of 141]
Non-wildness 0.62% [114th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.19 thousand metric tons/squ [89th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 35,155.38 kg/day Time series [48th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.25 kg per day per worker Time series [12th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 28.33 mcg/m³ Time series [123rd of 185]
Protected area 15.6 [21st of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 100 thousand metric tons/squ [125th of 141]
SO2 exports 432.75 hundred metric tons [111st of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal 33 [19th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 91 cu km Time series [4th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 15.78 micrograms/m3 [135th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 48.97 micrograms/m3 [67th of 141]
Water > Availability 3.64 thousand cubic metres [60th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.87 mls/litre [90th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.32 mls/litre [78th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 363.21 [102nd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 0 [115th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 4.52 mls/litre [85th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.71 % Time series [68th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.1 % Time series [66th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 69.35 % Time series [12th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.53 % Time series [57th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.4 % Time series [57th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 9.38 % Time series [55th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 14.02 % Time series [23rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.52 % Time series [51st of 114]
Wildness 9.3% [64th 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; 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 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; Jacaranda Atlas; 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; 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: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania, united rep. of tanzania, Tanzania, U. Rep. of

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