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| BENINESE ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.93 % of GNI
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[19th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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5 |
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[130th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.37 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[118th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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1,654.7 |
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[127th of 178]
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Current issues
inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification |
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Ecological footprint
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0.97 |
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[113rd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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26.7% |
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[103rd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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21.25 % of land area
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[121st of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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23,510 km²
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[98th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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188 |
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[47th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.14 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[110th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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343 |
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[143rd of 199]
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Protected area
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7 |
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[58th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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140 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[112nd of 141]
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Threatened species
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12 |
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[125th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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9 |
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[92nd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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2.25 thousand cubic metres |
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[79th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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6.27 mls/litre |
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[107th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.52 %
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[96th of 114]
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Wildness
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3.08% |
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[72nd of 141]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; 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:
Benin, Republic of Benin, Republique du Benin
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