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| BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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802 |
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[16th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[47th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.71 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[99th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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327,858 |
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[15th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; there is a lucrative illegal wildlife trade; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities; wetland degradation; severe oil spills |
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Ecological footprint
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2.6 |
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[61st of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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54.2% |
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[86th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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56.47 % of land area
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[29th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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4,776,980 km²
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[2nd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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394 |
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[7th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.34 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[48th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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82,057 |
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[17th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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95 |
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[16th of 25]
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Protected area
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4.2 |
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[93rd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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360 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[85th of 141]
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Threatened species
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240 |
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[5th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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71 |
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[4th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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37.25 thousand cubic metres |
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[14th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.37 %
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[71st of 114]
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Wildness
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50.41% |
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[21st 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; 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; 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:
Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil
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