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Africa > Zimbabwe > Environment

ZIMBABWEAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acidification 0% [53rd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI 2.17 % of GNI Time series [7th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.06 % of GNI Time series [34th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI 0.09 % of GNI Time series [136th of 165]
Areas under protection 68 [62nd of 146]
    Areas under protection (per capita) 5.59165 per 1 million people [56th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened 1.88% [84th of 136]
Carbon efficiency 1.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [70th of 141]
CFC consumption 16,872.9 [34th of 107]
    CFC consumption (per capita) 1.38746 per 1,000 people [29th of 107]
CO2 Emissions 14,098.3 [80th of 178]
    CO2 Emissions (per capita) 1.1593 per 1,000 people [104th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP 0.45 kg/PPP$ Time series [53rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt 11,465.19 kt Time series [87th of 195]
    CO2 emissions > kt (per capita) 0.891 kt per 1,000 people Time series [133rd of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 2.5 Time series [57th of 75]
Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution
Ecological footprint 1.45 [86th of 141]
Endangered species protection 88.9% [34th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance 3.12 [62nd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption 541.61 hundred grams/hectare [76th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 45.34 % of land area Time series [53rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 175,400 km² Time series [33rd of 195]
    Forest area > sq. km (per capita) 13,482.424 km² per 1,000 people Time series [36th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal 4.21 Time series [4th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural 79% Time series [3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic 14% Time series [7th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial 7% Time series [9th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals 0 [98th of 188]
International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
International agreements > Signed but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species 229 [58th of 146]
    Known breeding bird species (per capita) 18.8307 per 1 million people [76th of 146]
Known mammal species 270 [21st of 145]
    Known mammal species (per capita) 22.2021 per 1 million people [38th of 145]
Marine fish catch 0 tons [110th of 141]
    Marine fish catch (per capita) 0 tons per 1,000 people [110th of 141]
Non-wildness 2.01% [81st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.21 thousand metric tons/squ [77th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day 26,809.64 kg/day Time series [61st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker 0.19 kg per day per worker Time series [38th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter 28.3 mcg/m³ Time series [125th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 4,810 [76th of 199]
Protected area 7.9 [50th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 330 thousand metric tons/squ [88th of 141]
SO2 exports 2,129.68 hundred metric tons [32nd of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal 9 [93rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources 20 cu km Time series [14th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration 47.56 micrograms/m3 [78th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration 38.44 micrograms/m3 [80th of 141]
Water > Availability 3.4 thousand cubic metres [64th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 4.8 mls/litre [133rd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.42 tons/cubic km [44th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.09 mls/litre [124th of 141]
Water > Salinisation 700.63 [64th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress 16.2 [57th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids 4.62 mls/litre [82nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions 7.85 % Time series [46th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.26 % Time series [33rd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions 54.19 % Time series [37th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions 5.22 % Time series [47th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions 3.11 % Time series [56th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions 10.24 % Time series [59th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 16.28 % Time series [30th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 2.85 % Time series [33rd of 114]
Wildness 1.04% [86th 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; 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; 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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