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| CHINESE ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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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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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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Known breeding bird species
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618 |
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[5th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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394 |
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[6th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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11,500,600 tons |
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[1st of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.75 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[27th of 141]
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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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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 > Phosphorus concentration
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0.28 mls/litre |
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[87th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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2,548 thousand hectares |
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[10th of 112]
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Wildness
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31.49% |
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[36th 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 Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; 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; 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; 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:
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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