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| ECUADORIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[51st of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.85 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[40th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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20,705.3 |
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[70th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands |
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Ecological footprint
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2.26 |
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[69th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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70.8% |
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[67th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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39.2 % of land area
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[66th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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108,530 km²
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[49th of 195]
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Marine fish catch
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497,769 tons |
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[28th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.21 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[78th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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6,350 |
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[71st of 199]
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Protected area
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43.1 |
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[1st of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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350 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[86th of 141]
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Threatened species
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117 |
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[14th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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28 |
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[27th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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30.37 thousand cubic metres |
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[17th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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6.52 mls/litre |
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[102nd of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.09 tons/cubic km |
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[62nd of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.3 %
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[25th of 114]
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Wildness
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24.93% |
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[43rd of 141]
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SOURCES: ; 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; 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; 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; 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
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Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador, Republica del Ecuador
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