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| SALVADORAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.5 % of GNI
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[28th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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3 |
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[136th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.65 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[103rd of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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6,597.8 |
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[95th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; contamination of soils from disposal of toxic wastes |
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Ecological footprint
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1.55 |
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[84th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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33.3% |
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[101st of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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14.38 % of land area
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[133rd of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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2,980 km²
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[146th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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135 |
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[66th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.07 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[131st of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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1,575 |
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[102nd of 199]
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Protected area
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0.3 |
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[136th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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700 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[63rd of 141]
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Threatened species
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9 |
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[134th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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2 |
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[152nd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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1.59 thousand cubic metres |
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[91st of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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1.21 tons/cubic km |
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[28th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.46 %
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[80th of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[122nd 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; 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; 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:
El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador
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