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1 Miljömålen på ny grund Naturvårdsverkets utökade årliga redovisning av miljökvalitetsmålen 2011 Reviderad version av rapport 6420 rapport 6433 maj 2011

2 figure 1 Greenhouse gas emissions in Sweden, million tonnes CO 2 equivalent Other sectors Waste Agriculture Transport Industrial processes Industrial combustion Homes and premises Electricity and heat production source: national inventory report 2011 sweden, swedish environmental protection agency

3 figure 2 Air pollution in Swedish towns and cities, winter months 2000/ /09 % Nitrogen dioxide PM10 Sulphur dioxide Overall index Benzene / / / / / / / / /09 source: national data host for air quality

4 figure 3 Emissions of nitrogen oxides to air, and projected for 2010 thousand tonnes Energy supply Industrial processes Mobile machinery Heavy goods vehicles Other transport projected source: swedish environmental protection agency

5 figure 4 Environmental contaminants in breast milk, index (1996 = 100) Total PBDEs Dioxins PCBs DDE source: swedish chemicals agency

6 figure 5 Emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), tonnes 5,000 4,000 3,000 Production of plastic foams Aerosol cans and packaging materials Refrigerants Dry-cleaning, degreasing and sterilisation Insulating plastics 2,000 1, source: swedish environmental protection agency

7 figure 6 Incidence of skin cancer in Sweden, number of new cases 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 Men, skin tumours (other than malignant melanoma) Men, malignant melanoma Women, skin tumours (other than malignant melanoma) Women, malignant melanoma 1, source: national board of health and welfare

8 figure 7 Swedish emissions of nitrogen and phosphorus to water, and projected for 2010 Nitrogen thousand tonnes Phosphorus thousand tonnes Note: The two diagrams have different scales. source: swedish environmental protection agency

9 figure 8 Number of watercourses with freshwater pearl mussel populations, with and without recruitment, number Watercourses with recruitment of pearl mussels Watercourses with pearl mussels, but no recruitment source: rus (regional development and cooperation within the environmental objectives system)

10 figure 9 Municipal groundwater sources with water protection areas, 2010 county Stockholm Uppsala Södermanland Östergötland Jönköping Kronoberg Kalmar Gotland Blekinge Skåne Halland Västra Götaland Värmland Örebro Västmanland Dalarna Gävleborg Västernorrland Jämtland Västerbotten Norrbotten number Water protection area exists No water protection area source: geological survey of sweden, groundwater bodies and water sources database (dgv)

11 figure 10 Cod and cod fishing in the Kattegat, thousand tonnes Total catches Swedish catches Spawning stock Limit reference point ( danger level ) for spawning stock biomass (B lim ) source: swedish board of fisheries

12 figure 11 Protection of wetlands included in Mire Protection Plan, 2010 county Stockholm Uppsala Södermanland Östergötland Jönköping Kronoberg Kalmar Gotland Blekinge Skåne Halland Västra Götaland Värmland Örebro Västmanland Dalarna Gävleborg Västernorrland Jämtland Västerbotten Norrbotten Sites in 1994 plan now protected Sites in 1994 plan lacking protection New sites lacking protection number of wetlands source: swedish environmental protection agency, vic nature database

13 figure 12 Environmental consideration in conjunction with forest harvesting phenomenon soil and water sensitive habitats valuable cultural environments Full consideration shown Partial consideration shown Insignificant consideration shown buffer zones red-listed/regionally uncommon plant and animal species uncommon trees and shrubs unproductive areas (outcrops, wetlands etc.) amenity values % of total area felled in which phenomenon occurs source: swedish forest agency, polytax inventory 2006/ /09

14 figure 13 Area of pasture land receiving agri-environment payments, thousand hectares Total area of pasture land receiving agri-environment payments Area of pasture land receiving supplementary payments/classed as being of particular value (stricter management requirements) source: swedish board of agriculture

15 figure 14 Light off-road vehicles in use in mountain counties of Sweden, thousands Total Norrbotten county Västerbotten county Jämtland county Dalarna county source: statistics sweden

16 figure 15 Proportion of local authorities with up-to-date programmes or strategies for land use and community planning, 2010 % No No, but work in progress Yes, for part of municipality Yes, municipality-wide Transport Cultural environment Green space/ water bodies Energy source: environmental objectives survey 2010

17 figure 16 Proportion of Swedish species under threat, according to Red List % source: swedish species information centre

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