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| ALGERIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.08 % of GNI
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[49th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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18 |
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[93rd of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[36th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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74,175.8 |
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[38th of 178]
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Current issues
soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water |
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Ecological footprint
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1.79 |
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[78th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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60% |
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[82nd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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0.96 % of land area
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[186th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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22,770 km²
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[100th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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92 |
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[91st of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.86 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[25th of 141]
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Protected area
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2.5 |
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[110th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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540 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[74th of 141]
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Threatened species
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36 |
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[57th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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15 |
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[48th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.39 thousand cubic metres |
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[122nd of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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8.72 mls/litre |
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[45th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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8.58 tons/cubic km |
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[4th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.77 %
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[75th of 114]
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Wildness
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80.82% |
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[3rd of 141]
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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; 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; 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; 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:
Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah, Al Jaza'ir, algeria b
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