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| MOTSWANA -BATSWANA ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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12 |
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[107th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[19th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[77th of 141]
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CFC consumption
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31.81 |
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[93rd of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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4,033.3 |
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[107th of 178]
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Ecological footprint
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1.68 |
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[82nd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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90.5% |
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[29th of 141]
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Known breeding bird species
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184 |
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[93rd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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164 |
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[58th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[121st of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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2.65 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[5th of 141]
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Protected area
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18.5 |
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[14th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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1,320 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[44th of 141]
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Threatened species
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12 |
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[127th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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5 |
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[124th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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-7.46 thousand cubic metres |
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[141st of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.18 tons/cubic km |
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[52nd of 69]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.2 mls/litre |
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[101st of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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6,864 thousand hectares |
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[4th of 112]
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Wildness
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67.41% |
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[12th of 141]
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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; ; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; FAOSTAT on-line database; 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; 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; 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; 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:
Botswana, Republic of Botswana
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