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| CONGOLESE ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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12 |
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[108th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[43rd of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.5 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[25th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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750 |
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[141st of 178]
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Ecological footprint
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1.15 |
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[101st of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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87.5% |
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[40th of 141]
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Known breeding bird species
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130 |
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[125th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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200 |
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[37th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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17,866 tons |
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[81st of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.26 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[63rd of 141]
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Protected area
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4.5 |
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[86th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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140 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[114th of 141]
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Threatened species
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16 |
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[110th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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10 |
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[87th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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53.89 thousand cubic metres |
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[8th of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.21 mls/litre |
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[96th of 141]
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Water > Severe water stress
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0 |
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[114th of 140]
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Water > Suspended solids
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5.55 mls/litre |
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[56th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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439 thousand hectares |
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[34th of 112]
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Wildness
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71.62% |
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[9th 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; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 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:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo, congo (drc), congo (kinshasa), congo dr, congo-kinshasa, dem. rep. of the congo, zaire, Congo, Democratic Republic, Congo, Dem. Republic, Congo (Kinsasha), Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dem Rep. of the Congo, DRC Congo, DR Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep.
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