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| BOLIVIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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23 |
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[84th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[36th of 53]
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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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CO2 Emissions
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11,714.2 |
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[82nd of 178]
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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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Forest area > % of land area
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54.17 % of land area
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[32nd of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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587,400 km²
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[15th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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316 |
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[14th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.21 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[76th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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3,068 |
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[86th of 199]
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Protected area
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14.4 |
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[24th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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70 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[131st of 141]
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Threatened species
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55 |
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[35th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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24 |
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[30th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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51.39 thousand cubic metres |
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[9th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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3.85 mls/litre |
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[138th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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2.32 %
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[29th of 114]
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Wildness
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60.93% |
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[15th 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; 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; World Development Indicators database; 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; 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:
Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia, Republica de Bolivia
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