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| ALBANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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4.88 % of GNI
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[5th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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52 |
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[68th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.44 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[112nd of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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3,085.1 |
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[116th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents |
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Ecological footprint
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1.86 |
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[76th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[116th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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28.98 % of land area
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[96th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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7,940 km²
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[127th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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68 |
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[121st of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.07 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[133rd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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413 |
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[137th of 199]
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Protected area
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2.8 |
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[103rd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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600 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[67th of 141]
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Threatened species
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20 |
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[92nd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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2 |
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[153rd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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4.09 thousand cubic metres |
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[58th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.27 tons/cubic km |
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[49th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.66 %
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[85th of 114]
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Wildness
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0.32% |
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[97th 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; 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; 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:
Albania, Republic of Albania, Republika e Shqiperise, Shqiperia
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