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| SRI LANKAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.31 % of GNI
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[33rd of 57]
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Areas under protection
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110 |
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[42nd of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.38 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[117th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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11,182.2 |
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[84th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo |
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Ecological footprint
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0.95 |
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[116th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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70% |
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[69th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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29.91 % of land area
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[94th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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19,330 km²
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[107th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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88 |
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[94th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.15 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[108th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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2,360 |
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[93rd of 199]
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Protected area
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13.3 |
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[27th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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210 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[95th of 141]
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Threatened species
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43 |
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[43rd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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14 |
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[52nd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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1.62 thousand cubic metres |
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[90th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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6.64 mls/litre |
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[98th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.09 %
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[53rd of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[117th 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:
Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon
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