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| CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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5 |
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[5th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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44 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[44th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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8 |
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[8th of 178]
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Current issues
air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities |
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Ecological footprint
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9 |
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[9th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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24% |
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[24th of 141]
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International agreements > Signed but not ratified
Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Marine Life Conservation |
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Known mammal species
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41 |
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[41st of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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24 tons |
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[24th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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7 |
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[7th of 25]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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4 |
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[4th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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2 |
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[2nd of 16]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita
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1 |
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[1st of 16]
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Protected area
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37 |
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[37th of 147]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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105 |
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[105th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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4 thousand cubic metres |
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[4th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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60 tons/cubic km |
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[60th of 69]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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140 mls/litre |
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[140th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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2 thousand hectares |
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[2nd of 112]
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Wildness
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2% |
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[2nd of 141]
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SOURCES: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003); Carbon economic efficiency (CO2 emissions per dollar GDP)
Units: Metric Tons/US Dollar GDP; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide; This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
; Ecological footprint per capita
Units: Hectares per Person; Percent of CITES reporting requirements met
Units: Percent of Requirements Met
Units: Countries that have not ratified the CITES convention are recorded as having zero percent of their requirements met.; The various international environmental agreements which a country has signed but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name.
; Known mammal species (1992-2002).; Total marine fish catch
Units: Metric Tons; Includes carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal, and the flaring of natural gas.; Tons of Carbon Dioxide produced per capita in 1998 or latest available year. Carbon dioxide from energy use only. Excludes international marine bunkers.; Wastes from spent fuel arising in nuclear power plants, measured in terms of heavy metal. Data for 1998 or latest available year.; Per capita wastes from spent fuel arising in nuclear power plants, measured in terms of heavy metal.; Environmentally protected area (1997); Number of threatened mammal species (1997); Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.))
Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person
Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation); Industrial organic pollutants per available freshwater
Units: Metric Tons of BOD Emissions per Cubic Km of Water
Units: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants. The data from the World Bank, which represented BOD emissions (kilograms per day) were normalized by the combination of water availability per capita and water inflow availability per capita from the WaterGap2.1 model. In calculating the ESI, the base-10 logarithm of this variable was used.; Phosphorus concentration
Units: Milligrams/Liter
Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.; Wetlands of international importance 2002; Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact
Units: Percent of Land Area
Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
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