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| ESTONIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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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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CFC consumption
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3,385.93 |
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[49th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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14,883.9 |
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[78th of 178]
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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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Environmental agreement compliance
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5.42 |
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[17th of 70]
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Known breeding bird species
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204 |
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[76th of 146]
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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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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 > Phosphorus concentration
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0.11 mls/litre |
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[116th of 141]
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Water > Suspended solids
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7.97 mls/litre |
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[6th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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216 thousand hectares |
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[47th of 112]
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Wildness
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2.86% |
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[73rd of 141]
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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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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