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| BOLIVIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Acidification
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0.00% (1990) |
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[47th of 141]
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI
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0.75 % of GNI
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[44th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
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1.3 % of GNI
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[14th of 165]
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Areas under protection
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23 |
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[84th of 146]
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(per capita)
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2.59652 per 1 million people |
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[80th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[36th of 53]
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Biosphere reserves area
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735 thousand hectares |
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[42nd of 86]
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(per capita)
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82.9758 thousand hectares per 1 |
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[28th of 86]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.76 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[43rd of 141]
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CFC consumption
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272.19 |
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[73rd of 107]
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(per capita)
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0.0307282 per 1,000 people |
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[77th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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11,714.2 |
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[82nd of 178]
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(per capita)
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1.32244 per 1,000 people |
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[99th 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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[75th of 170]
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CO2 emissions > kt
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7,893.77 kt
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[98th of 195]
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(per capita)
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0.893 kt
per 1,000 people |
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[131st of 196]
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CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating
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3.5
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[11th of 75]
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Current issues
the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation |
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Ecological footprint
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1.29 |
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[94th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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60% |
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[81st of 141]
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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; ; 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; 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia, Republica de Bolivia
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