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South America > Uruguay > Environment

URUGUAYAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.27 % of GNI Time series [34th of 57]
Areas under protection 13 [105th of 146]
Definition: Environment > Areas under protection
Carbon efficiency 0.53 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [110th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions 6,408.7 [97th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Current issues
water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
Definition: Environment > Current issues
Ecological footprint 4.91 [35th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Endangered species protection 62.5% [78th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Forest area > % of land area 8.6 % of land area Time series [155th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
Forest area > sq. km 15,060 km² Time series [113rd of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Known mammal species 81 [108th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
NOx emissions per populated area 0.09 thousand metric tons/squ [127th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 1,787 [98th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Protected area 0.3 [140th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
SO2 emissions per populated area 170 thousand metric tons/squ [105th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Threatened species 17 [105th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Threatened species > Mammal 5 [126th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Water > Availability 24.24 thousand cubic metres [20th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.03 tons/cubic km [66th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.6 % Time series [60th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Wildness 2.39% [80th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; 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; 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: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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