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Europe > United Kingdom > Environment

BRITISH ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 45.75% [10th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 0.18 % of GNI Time series [142nd of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.03 % of GNI Time series [154th of 165]
Areas under protection 579 [18th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 9.57959 per 1 million people [45th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 30 thousand hectares [80th of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 0.496352 thousand hectares per 1 [83rd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 0.87% [119th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [68th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 558,225 [7th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 9.23587 per 1,000 people [25th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.34 kg/PPP$ Time series [78th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 558,461 kt Time series [8th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 9.373 kt per 1,000 people Time series [35th of 196]
Current issues
continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target and move toward a domestic goal of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government reduced the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and recycled or composted at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015
Ecological footprint 6.29 [16th of 141]
Endangered species protection 100% [5th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 5.69 [11th of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP 1 % of GDP [12th of 17]
Fertiliser consumption 3,325.35 hundred grams/hectare [17th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 11.76 % of land area Time series [142nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 28,450 km² Time series [90th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 472.383 km² per 1,000 people Time series [164th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals 42.4 [71st of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species 229 [59th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 3.78882 per 1 million people [132nd of 146]
Known mammal species 50 [135th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 0.827253 per 1 million people [142nd of 145]
Known reptile species 8 [12th of 18]
Kyoto Protocol > Results to date > EU Assigned Objective > for 2012 -12.5 % [6th of 7]
Kyoto Protocol > Treaty Obligation 2008-2012 -8% [9th of 9]
Marine areas under protection 95 [5th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 1.57178 per 1 million people [23rd of 95]
Marine fish catch 711,809 tons [19th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 11.7769 tons per 1,000 people [43rd of 141]
Municipal waste generation 560 kgs per person per year [10th of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure $11.60 [3rd of 18]
Non-wildness 32.05% [5th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 2.76 thousand metric tons/squ [4th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 330,966.1 kg/day Time series [7th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.12 kg per day per worker Time series [32nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 15.06 mcg/m³ Time series [170th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 147,199 [6th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 148 [8th of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP) 0.00830527 per $100 million [21st of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita) 2.44867 per 1 million people [10th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 9 [13th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 480 [17th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita 35 [14th of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste 820 [5th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency 3.7 [4th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita 29.2 [2nd of 16]
Protected area 20.5 [11th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 5,370 thousand metric tons/squ [7th of 141]
SO2 exports 5,591 hundred metric tons [3rd of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies 68% [4th of 31]
Threatened species 17 [102nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 4 [132nd of 160]
Total renewable water resources 160.6 cu km Time series [7th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 64.47 micrograms/m3 [32nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 21.96 micrograms/m3 [102nd of 141]
Waste generation 480 kgs per person per year [3rd of 16]
Waste water treatment expenditure $11.10 [15th of 15]
Water > Availability 3.1 thousand cubic metres [68th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 10.4 mls/litre [14th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 3.34 tons/cubic km [17th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.09 mls/litre [125th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 368.06 [101st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 21 [51st of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 2.26 mls/litre [137th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 17.52 % Time series [2nd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.26 % Time series [18th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.61 % Time series [33rd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 8.97 % Time series [7th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 15.38 % Time series [2nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 48.03 % Time series [2nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.24 % Time series [26th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 4 % Time series [9th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 855 thousand hectares [18th of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 14.146 thousand hectares per 1 m [52nd of 112]
Wildness 0.21% [99th 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; 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; OECD Environmental Indicators, p. 104. See also Myriam Linster and Frederique Zegel, 'Pollution Abatement and Control in OECD Countries', OECD Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks at www.oecd.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; World Resources: A Report by the World Resources Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development; Wikipedia: Kyoto Protocol ; Wikipedia: Kyoto Protocol; FAOSTAT on-line database; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; OECD Environmental Data Com¡pendium: 2002; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium, 1999; 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; Assessment of the Country Allocation of the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index, SAM SustainabilityGroup via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; 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; OECD Environmental Data Com¡pendium: 2003; 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; 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; 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 Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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