FACTOID # 4: The total area of Australia’s coral reefs is greater than the total area of any of 130 individual countries, including Slovakia, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Singapore, and Rwanda.
 
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North America > United States > Environment

AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 3,481 [8th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 1.77 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [42nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 5,762,050 [1st of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Coral reefs > Area 3,770 sq km [5th of 28]
Definition: Environment > Coral reefs > Area
Current issues
air pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the country require careful management; desertification
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 12.22 [2nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 87.5% [39th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 33.08 % of land area Time series [84th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Known mammal species 428 [4th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Municipal waste generation 760 kgs per person per year [1st of 17]
Definition: Environment > Municipal waste generation
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,499,850 [1st of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 1,571 [1st of 25]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 20 [1st of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 720 [1st of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Pollution > Nuclear waste 2,100 [1st of 16]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Nuclear waste
Protected area 13.4 [26th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
Waste generation 460 kgs per person per year [4th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Waste generation
Water > Availability 7.09 thousand cubic metres [47th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 1.14 tons/cubic km [30th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Wildness 35.89% [32nd 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; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; 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; Jacaranda Atlas; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; 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; 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 States, United States of America, usa, America, The United States, u.s.

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