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| CHINESE ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.01 % of GNI
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[52nd of 57]
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Areas under protection
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809 |
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[15th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[41st of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.03 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[35th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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3,473,600 |
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[2nd of 178]
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Coral reefs > Area
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1,510 sq km |
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[11th of 28]
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Current issues
air pollution (greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide particulates) from reliance on coal produces acid rain; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949 to soil erosion and economic development; desertification; trade in endangered species |
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Ecological footprint
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1.84 |
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[77th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[6th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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21.15 % of land area
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[122nd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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394 |
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[6th of 145]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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775 |
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[2nd of 25]
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Protected area
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6.4 |
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[67th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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2,680 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[22nd of 141]
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Threatened species
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213 |
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[6th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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75 |
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[2nd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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1.72 thousand cubic metres |
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[89th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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3.78 tons/cubic km |
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[14th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.91 %
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[56th of 114]
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Wildness
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31.49% |
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[36th 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; World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Jacaranda Atlas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). 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:
China, People's Republic of China, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo, Zhong Guo, China; Peoples Republic of, China, People's Republic, China, People's Rep, China, People's Rep. of, China PR
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