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Europe > Ukraine > Environment

UKRAINIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 4.27% [33rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 3.2 % of GNI Time series [4th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.72 % of GNI Time series [46th of 165]
Areas under protection 5,182 [4th of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 110.262 per 1 million people [10th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area 343 thousand hectares [49th of 86]
    Biosphere reserves area (per capita) 7.29834 thousand hectares per 1 [62nd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened 3.04% [60th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 5.69 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [4th of 141]
CFC consumption 23,739.8 [31st of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 0.505134 per 1,000 people [41st of 107]
CO2 Emissions 348,357 [12th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 7.41232 per 1,000 people [39th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 1.26 kg/PPP$ Time series [8th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 314,417.3 kt Time series [16th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 6.576 kt per 1,000 people Time series [53rd of 196]
Current issues
inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant
Ecological footprint 4.76 [36th of 141]
Endangered species protection 0% [109th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 3.69 [52nd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 158.87 hundred grams/hectare [102nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 16.53 % of land area Time series [131st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 95,750 km² Time series [55th of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 2,033.975 km² per 1,000 people Time series [111st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 37.53 Time series [17th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 52% Time series [99th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 12% Time series [72nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 35% Time series [9th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 77.5 [57th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
Known breeding bird species 245 [43rd of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 5.2131 per 1 million people [122nd of 146]
Known mammal species 108 [79th of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 2.29802 per 1 million people [125th of 145]
Marine areas under protection 10 [35th of 95]
    Marine areas under protection (per capita) 0.21278 per 1 million people [66th of 95]
Marine fish catch 385,903 tons [33rd of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 8.21123 tons per 1,000 people [51st of 141]
Non-wildness 14.36% [29th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.36 thousand metric tons/squ [47th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 445,757.9 kg/day Time series [11th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.18 kg per day per worker Time series [28th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 27.31 mcg/m³ Time series [128th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 102,158 [11th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 104 [13th of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP) 0.034771 per $100 million [1st of 25]
    Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita) 2.21291 per 1 million people [13th of 25]
Protected area 1.6 [121st of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs 5–8
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend –
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year 1990
SO2 emissions per populated area 2,060 thousand metric tons/squ [30th of 141]
SO2 exports 3,560 hundred metric tons [9th of 141]
Threatened species 52 [38th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 15 [47th of 160]
Total renewable water resources 139.5 cu km Time series [3rd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 59.59 micrograms/m3 [47th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 37.08 micrograms/m3 [85th of 141]
Water > Availability 1.26 thousand cubic metres [100th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 8.6 mls/litre [47th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 5.52 tons/cubic km [10th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.23 mls/litre [91st of 141]
Water > Salinisation 557.81 [77th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 17 [56th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 4.42 mls/litre [88th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.98 % Time series [45th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.39 % Time series [13th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 46.76 % Time series [35th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 28.11 % Time series [3rd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 7.03 % Time series [22nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.25 % Time series [63rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.37 % Time series [51st of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 1.12 % Time series [52nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 716 thousand hectares [22nd of 112]
    Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita) 15.235 thousand hectares per 1 m [49th of 112]
Wildness 0% [118th 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; 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; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Red Kite ; 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; 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; 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

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