Environment Statistics – 2011

Highlights

1.   Greenhouse gas (GHG)

            Net Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) emission decreased marginally by 0.7% from 3,375 thousand tonnes in 2010 to 3,351 thousand tonnes in 2011.  This is mainly due to a decrease in the fuel input to produce electricity.

            In 2011, the energy industries (electricity) remained the main source of CO₂ emissions in the atmosphere. They contributed around 61% of the emissions followed by the transport sector (25%) and the manufacturing industries (9%).

2. Solid waste

            The total amount of solid waste landfilled at Mare Chicose decreased by 3.1% from 427,802 tonnes in 2010 to 414,543 tonnes in 2011.

3. Land use

            Based on latest available data on land use, sugar cane plantations occupied 39% of the total land area of the Island of Mauritius in 2005; forest, scrubs and grazing lands 25%; and built-up areas another 25%.

            Between 2010 and 2011, the effective area under sugar cane cultivation decreased by 3.8% from 62,100 to 59,724 hectares, that under tea cultivation decreased by 6.7% from 698 to 651 hectares while area under tobacco cultivation went up by 4.2% from 213 hectares to 222 hectares.

4. Complaints

            The number of complaints received by the Pollution Prevention and Control Division of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development increased from 622 in 2010 to 731 in 2011. The main causes of complaints were noise (23%), solid waste (17%), air pollution (13%), waste water (12%) and odour (11%).                                                                                                             

July 2012

Table 1 -Main environment indicators, 2002 and 2011

Table 2 - Land use, Island of  Mauritius, 1995 and 2005

Table 3 - Forest area by category, Island of Mauritius,  2010 - 2011

Table 4- Effective area under cultivation, Island of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 5 - Imports of fertilizers and pesticides, Island of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 6 - Primary energy requirement by energy source, Republic of Mauritius, 2010 -20 11

Table 7- Total emissions and removals of greenhouse gases and other related gases, Republic of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 8 - National inventory of greenhouse gas emissions by source categories, Republic of Mauritius, 2010¹ - 2011²

Table 9 - Sectoral carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion activities, Republic of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 10 - Fuel input for electricity production, Republic of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 11 - Final energy consumption by sector, Republic of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 12 - Stock of registered motor vehicles, Island of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 13 - Fuel used by the  transport sector, Republic of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 14 - Ambient air quality monitoring by mobile stations, Island of Mauritius, 2011

Table 15 - Water balance, Island of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 16 - Water Utilisation, Island of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 17 - Solid waste landfilled at Mare Chicose by source of waste material, Island of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 18 - Number of complaints received at the Pollution Prevention and  Control Division  by category, Island of Mauritius, 2010 - 2011

Table 19 - Number of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) licences and Preliminary Environmental Report (PER) approvals, granted by type of project, 2010 - 2011, Island of Mauritius

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