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| DOMINICAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
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0.17 % of GNI
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[122nd of 165]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[60th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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75.8 |
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[176th of 178]
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CO2 emissions > kt
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139.19 kt
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[188th of 195]
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Ecological footprint
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1.37 |
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[91st of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[8th of 141]
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Environmental agreement compliance
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3.8 |
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[50th of 70]
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Forest area > % of land area
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61.33 % of land area
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[22nd of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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460 km²
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[165th of 195]
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Marine fish catch
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5,608 tons |
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[91st of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.06 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[135th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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22 |
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[188th of 199]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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640 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[66th of 141]
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Threatened species
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7 |
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[143rd of 158]
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Urban SO2 concentration
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16.96 micrograms/m3 |
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[111st of 141]
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Water > Availability
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1.92 thousand cubic metres |
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[86th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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8.5 mls/litre |
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[50th of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.19 mls/litre |
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[102nd of 141]
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Water > Severe water stress
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4.5 |
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[69th of 140]
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Wildness
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0.01% |
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[113rd of 141]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; FAOSTAT on-line 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 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:
Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica, dom. rep.
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