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| ESTONIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.23 % of GNI
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[38th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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219 |
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[29th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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3.89 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[10th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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14,883.9 |
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[78th of 178]
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Current issues
air polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; however, the amount of pollutants emitted to the air have fallen steadily, the emissions of 2000 were 80% less than in 1980; the amount of unpurified wastewater discharged to water bodies in 2000 was one-20th the level of 1980; in connection with the start-up of new water purification plants, the pollution load of wastewater decreased; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas need to be monitored; coastal seawater is polluted in certain locations |
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Ecological footprint
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7.12 |
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[12th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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85.7% |
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[44th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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53.88 % of land area
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[34th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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22,840 km²
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[99th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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65 |
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[124th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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95,315 tons |
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[58th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.09 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[125th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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4,409 |
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[79th of 199]
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Protected area
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12 |
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[31st of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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580 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[70th of 141]
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Threatened species
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10 |
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[131st of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[131st of 160]
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Water > Availability
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7.4 thousand cubic metres |
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[46th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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11.15 mls/litre |
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[3rd of 141]
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Wildness
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2.86% |
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[73rd 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; 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; 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:
Estonia, Republic of Estonia, Eesti Vabariik, Eesti
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