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| BELGIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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73 |
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[57th of 146]
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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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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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Known breeding bird species
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191 |
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[90th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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58 |
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[129th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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27,218 tons |
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[75th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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3.43 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[3rd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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12 |
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[5th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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80 |
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[10th of 16]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita
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11.9 |
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[6th of 16]
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Protected area
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2.6 |
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[108th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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21,390 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[1st of 141]
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Threatened species
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23 |
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[84th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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6 |
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[115th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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1.19 thousand cubic metres |
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[102nd of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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1.63 mls/litre |
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[2nd of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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8 thousand hectares |
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[101st of 112]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[120th of 141]
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SOURCES: 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; 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; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; 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; 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:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie
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