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| CHILEAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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87 |
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[48th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[32nd of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.26 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[63rd of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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54,789.6 |
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[49th of 178]
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Current issues
widespread deforestation and mining threaten natural resources; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage |
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Ecological footprint
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3.39 |
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[50th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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75% |
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[62nd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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21.53 % of land area
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[119th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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161,210 km²
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[35th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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91 |
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[92nd of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.1 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[123rd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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17,062 |
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[41st of 199]
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Protected area
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18.9 |
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[13th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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4,380 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[11th of 141]
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Threatened species
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42 |
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[45th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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16 |
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[46th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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19.56 thousand cubic metres |
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[28th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.25 tons/cubic km |
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[50th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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2.58 %
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[32nd of 114]
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Wildness
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40.46% |
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[28th 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; 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; World Development Indicators database; 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; 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:
Chile, Republic of Chile, Republica de Chile
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