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| SRI LANKAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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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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CFC consumption
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3,420.18 |
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[48th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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11,182.2 |
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[84th of 178]
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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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Environmental agreement compliance
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3.3 |
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[58th of 70]
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Known breeding bird species
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126 |
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[126th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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88 |
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[94th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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241,030 tons |
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[40th of 141]
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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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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 > Phosphorus concentration
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0.1 mls/litre |
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[120th 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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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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8 thousand hectares |
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[100th of 112]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[117th 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; 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; World Development Indicators database; 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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