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| BELARUSIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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903 |
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[14th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[24th of 141]
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CFC consumption
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6,331.14 |
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[42nd of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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59,560.5 |
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[45th of 178]
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Ecological footprint
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5.27 |
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[32nd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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50% |
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[92nd of 141]
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Known breeding bird species
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194 |
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[87th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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74 |
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[118th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[139th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.2 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[86th of 141]
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Protected area
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4.2 |
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[92nd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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950 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[54th of 141]
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Threatened species
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14 |
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[122nd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[144th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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2.79 thousand cubic metres |
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[71st of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.36 mls/litre |
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[61st of 141]
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Water > Severe water stress
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0 |
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[137th of 140]
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Water > Suspended solids
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7.54 mls/litre |
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[12th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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204 thousand hectares |
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[48th of 112]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[138th of 141]
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SOURCES: 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; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org; 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:
Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Respublika Byelarus', byelarus
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