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| BELGIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Acidification
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75.83% |
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[3rd of 141]
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI
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0.18 % of GNI
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[140th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.01 % of GNI
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[57th of 57]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
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0.22 % of GNI
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[108th of 165]
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Areas under protection
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73 |
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[57th of 146]
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(per capita)
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7.04361 per 1 million people |
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[53rd of 146]
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Breeding birds threatened
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1.11% |
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[109th of 136]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[74th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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125,023 |
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[28th of 178]
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(per capita)
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12.0632 per 1,000 people |
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[12th of 176]
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CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP
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0.36 kg/PPP$
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[74th of 170]
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CO2 emissions > kt
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102,820.4 kt
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[35th of 195]
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(per capita)
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9.909 kt
per 1,000 people |
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[30th of 196]
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Current issues
the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) have slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges |
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Ecological footprint
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5.88 |
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[21st of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[3rd of 141]
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Environmental agreement compliance
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5.46 |
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[15th of 70]
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Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP
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0.9 % of GDP |
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[13th of 17]
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Fertiliser consumption
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3,743.84 hundred grams/hectare |
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[12th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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22.06 % of land area
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[117th of 195]
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SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; OECD Environmental Indicators, p. 104. See also Myriam Linster and Frederique Zegel, 'Pollution Abatement and Control in OECD Countries', OECD Working Group on Environmental Information and Outlooks at www.oecd.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie
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