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| DANISH 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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[50th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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255 |
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[27th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.08 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[76th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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51,320.9 |
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[50th of 178]
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Current issues
air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides |
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Ecological footprint
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9.88 |
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[4th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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95.5% |
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[26th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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11.78 % of land area
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[141st of 195]
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Known mammal species
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43 |
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[136th of 145]
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Municipal waste generation
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660 kgs per person per year |
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[3rd of 17]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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13,553 |
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[51st of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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11 |
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[9th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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560 |
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[10th of 29]
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Protected area
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32.2 |
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[3rd of 147]
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Threatened species
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15 |
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[119th of 158]
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Waste generation
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560 kgs per person per year |
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[1st of 16]
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Water > Availability
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2.49 thousand cubic metres |
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[76th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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7.13 tons/cubic km |
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[7th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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3.47 %
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[20th of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[140th 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; 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; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; 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:
Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark, Kongeriget Danmark, Danmark
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