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| BURUNDIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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11.32 % of GNI
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[1st of 57]
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Areas under protection
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13 |
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[103rd of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.16 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[134th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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240 |
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[161st of 178]
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Current issues
soil erosion as a result of overgrazing and the expansion of agriculture into marginal lands; deforestation (little forested land remains because of uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel); habitat loss threatens wildlife populations |
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Ecological footprint
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0.75 |
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[138th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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27.3% |
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[102nd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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5.92 % of land area
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[165th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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1,520 km²
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[155th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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107 |
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[80th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.23 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[71st of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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66 |
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[173rd of 199]
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Protected area
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5.6 |
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[73rd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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130 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[116th of 141]
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Threatened species
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14 |
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[120th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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5 |
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[125th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.65 thousand cubic metres |
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[115th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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3.94 mls/litre |
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[137th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.63 %
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[66th of 114]
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Wildness
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5.13% |
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[67th 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:
Burundi, Republic of Burundi, Republika y'u Burundi
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