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Environment > Threatened species: Countries Compared

Ian Graham, Staff Editor

Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor

Canada’s plan to build more than 100 new <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_ele_pro_by_sou_hyd>hydro-electric dams</a> in the central and western parts of the country to replace <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_ele_pro_by_sou_fos_fue>aging fossil-fuel burning plants</a> and meet <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_int_agr_par_to>Kyoto accord<a/> <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi>greenhouse gas emission</a> targets, may have an unintended effect: the extinction of the lake sturgeon. <p>Living fossils that have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, lake sturgeons have elongated cone-shaped snouts, rows of bony armor on their back, can live for over 100 years, and can grow to more than two meters long. A hundred years ago, Canadian fishermen caught millions of kilograms of lake sturgeon every year. Now, sightings of them are rare enough to warrant news coverage and scientists estimate there are fewer than 1,000 lake sturgeons left in the rivers and lakes of western Canada. <p>The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada has declared the species <a href= http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_thr_spe>threatened</a> in western Canada and at risk in eastern Canada. Some scientists believe the species population could grow, but most subscribe to the view that there are not enough left to sustain a breeding population, since the sturgeon only spawns once every four to six years.
DEFINITION: Number of Threatened Species (1990-99).

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 United States 854 1990
2 Australia 483 1990
3 Indonesia 340 1990
4 Mexico 247 1990
5 Brazil 240 1990
6 China 213 1990
7 India 193 1990
8 Philippines 188 1990
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 179.43 1990
9 Japan 132 1990
=10 Papua New Guinea 122 1990
=10 Peru 122 1990
12 Madagascar 120 1990
13 Colombia 119 1990
14 Ecuador 117 1990
15 Russia 113 1990
Emerging markets average (profile) 107.74 1990
=16 Malaysia 107 1990
=16 Kenya 107 1990
18 Burma 98 1990
19 Portugal 97 1990
High income OECD countries average (profile) 90.6 1990
20 Argentina 90 1990
21 France 89 1990
22 New Zealand 82 1990
23 Cameroon 80 1990
24 Italy 75 1990
South Asia average (profile) 72.4 1990
25 Turkey 70 1990
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 69.11 1990
26 Laos 68 1990
27 Uganda 67 1990
28 Venezuela 66 1990
Religious countries average (profile) 64.14 1990
=29 Bangladesh 61 1990
=29 Nepal 61 1990
=29 Romania 61 1990
=29 Austria 61 1990
33 Ethiopia 60 1990
34 Hungary 56 1990
=35 Cambodia 55 1990
=35 Bolivia 55 1990
37 Iran 54 1990
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 53.11 1990
=38 Mauritius 52 1990
=38 Ukraine 52 1990
40 Germany 49 1990
South and Central Asia average (profile) 48.33 1990
41 Pakistan 45 1990
42 Costa Rica 44 1990
=43 Croatia 43 1990
=43 Sri Lanka 43 1990
45 Chile 42 1990
=46 Bulgaria 41 1990
=46 Angola 41 1990
=46 Mozambique 41 1990
=46 Kazakhstan 41 1990
=50 Canada 40 1990
=50 Nigeria 40 1990
=52 Morocco 39 1990
=52 Paraguay 39 1990
54 Panama 37 1990
NATO countries average (profile) 36.91 1990
=55 Israel 36 1990
=55 Czech Republic 36 1990
=55 Cuba 36 1990
=55 Algeria 36 1990
=55 Bhutan 36 1990
European Union average (profile) 34.87 1990
Muslim countries average (profile) 34.45 1990
=60 Georgia 34 1990
=60 Sudan 34 1990
=60 Cote d'Ivoire 34 1990
=63 Turkmenistan 33 1990
=63 Azerbaijan 33 1990
=63 Egypt 33 1990
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 31.5 1990
66 Poland 31 1990
67 Liberia 30 1990
OPEC countries average (profile) 29.09 1990
68 Mongolia 29 1990
=69 Dominican Republic 28 1990
=69 Sierra Leone 28 1990
=69 Jamaica 28 1990
=72 Afghanistan 27 1990
=72 Ghana 27 1990
=72 North Korea 27 1990
=72 Namibia 27 1990
=76 South Korea 26 1990
=76 Senegal 26 1990
=78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 1990
=78 Iraq 25 1990
=80 Malawi 24 1990
=80 Moldova 24 1990
=80 Tunisia 24 1990
=83 Saudi Arabia 23 1990
=83 Belgium 23 1990
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 22.31 1990
=85 Uzbekistan 22 1990
=85 Fiji 22 1990
=85 Oman 22 1990
=85 Seychelles 22 1990
89 Equatorial Guinea 21 1990
=90 Mauritania 20 1990
=90 Republic of Macedonia 20 1990
=90 Gabon 20 1990
=90 Albania 20 1990
=90 Mali 20 1990
=90 Honduras 20 1990
=96 Netherlands 19 1990
=96 Chad 19 1990
=98 Suriname 18 1990
=98 Federated States of Micronesia 18 1990
=98 Armenia 18 1990
=101 Finland 17 1990
=101 Rwanda 17 1990
=101 United Kingdom 17 1990
=101 The Bahamas 17 1990
=101 Latvia 17 1990
=101 Uruguay 17 1990
=107 Norway 16 1990
=107 Libya 16 1990
=107 Belize 16 1990
=107 Sao Tome and Principe 16 1990
=107 Nicaragua 16 1990
=107 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16 1990
=107 Comoros 16 1990
=114 Denmark 15 1990
=114 Jordan 15 1990
=114 Lithuania 15 1990
=114 Niger 15 1990
=114 Kyrgyzstan 15 1990
=119 Central African Republic 14 1990
=119 Belarus 14 1990
=119 Burundi 14 1990
=122 Vanuatu 13 1990
=122 Lebanon 13 1990
=124 Botswana 12 1990
=124 Eritrea 12 1990
=124 Benin 12 1990
=127 Palau 11 1990
=127 Samoa 11 1990
=127 Cyprus 11 1990
=130 Estonia 10 1990
=130 United Arab Emirates 10 1990
=132 El Salvador 9 1990
=132 Trinidad and Tobago 9 1990
=132 Lesotho 9 1990
=132 Saint Lucia 9 1990
=136 Burkina Faso 8 1990
=136 Luxembourg 8 1990
=136 Cape Verde 8 1990
=136 Djibouti 8 1990
=140 Dominica 7 1990
=140 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7 1990
=140 Kiribati 7 1990
=143 Ireland 6 1990
=143 The Gambia 6 1990
=143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 1990
=143 Tonga 6 1990
=143 Antigua and Barbuda 6 1990
=143 Kuwait 6 1990
=149 Liechtenstein 5 1990
=149 Malta 5 1990
151 Marshall Islands 4 1990
=152 Barbados 3 1990
=152 Qatar 3 1990
=152 Maldives 3 1990
=155 Nauru 2 1990
=155 Bahrain 2 1990
=155 Andorra 2 1990
158 Iceland 1 1990

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Canada’s plan to build more than 100 new <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_ele_pro_by_sou_hyd>hydro-electric dams</a> in the central and western parts of the country to replace <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_ele_pro_by_sou_fos_fue>aging fossil-fuel burning plants</a> and meet <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_int_agr_par_to>Kyoto accord<a/> <a href=http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi>greenhouse gas emission</a> targets, may have an unintended effect: the extinction of the lake sturgeon. <p>Living fossils that have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, lake sturgeons have elongated cone-shaped snouts, rows of bony armor on their back, can live for over 100 years, and can grow to more than two meters long. A hundred years ago, Canadian fishermen caught millions of kilograms of lake sturgeon every year. Now, sightings of them are rare enough to warrant news coverage and scientists estimate there are fewer than 1,000 lake sturgeons left in the rivers and lakes of western Canada. <p>The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada has declared the species <a href= http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_thr_spe>threatened</a> in western Canada and at risk in eastern Canada. Some scientists believe the species population could grow, but most subscribe to the view that there are not enough left to sustain a breeding population, since the sturgeon only spawns once every four to six years.

Posted on 20 May 2005

Ian Graham, Staff Editor

Ian Graham, Staff Editor

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The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, conducted by 1,300 environmental experts from 95 countries, says that about 60 percent of ecosystem services supporting life on Earth – fresh water, fisheries, air and water regulation, natural hazards and pests – are being degraded or used unsustainably. <p>Experts warn that continuing degradation of 15 out of 24 ecosystem services examined will increase the chances of new diseases emerging, water quality changing suddenly, “dead zones” developing along coastlines, fisheries collapsing, and regional climates shifting. <p>The assessment says more land was converted to agriculture since 1945 than in the 18th and 19th centuries combined. It also says that more than half of the synthetic nitrogen fertilizers ever used were used after 1985. Experts say both of these factors have contributed to accelerated extinction rates and loss of biodiversity, and that between 10 and 30 percent of mammal, bird and amphibian species are currently in danger of extinction.

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