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| CENTRAL AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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14 |
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[100th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[133rd of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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285.8 |
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[158th of 178]
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Current issues
tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished the country's reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation |
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Ecological footprint
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1.12 |
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[105th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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47.4% |
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[94th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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36.53 % of land area
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[70th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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227,550 km²
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[24th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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209 |
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[35th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[137th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.61 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[30th of 141]
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Protected area
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8.2 |
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[49th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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290 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[90th of 141]
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Threatened species
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14 |
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[121st of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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11 |
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[79th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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37.41 thousand cubic metres |
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[13th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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5.29 mls/litre |
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[130th of 141]
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Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions
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13.81 %
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[49th of 114]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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19.58 %
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[1st of 114]
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Wildness
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51.5% |
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[19th 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; 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; 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:
Central African Republic, Republique Centrafricaine, central af. r., central afr. rep., central africa, central african rep.
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