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| ETHIOPIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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5.04 % of GNI
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[4th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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39 |
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[72nd of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[48th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.15 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[135th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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3,648.6 |
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[111st of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management |
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Ecological footprint
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0.85 |
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[128th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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90% |
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[30th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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13 % of land area
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[138th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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130,000 km²
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[40th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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277 |
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[18th of 145]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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1,502 |
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[104th of 199]
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Protected area
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5.5 |
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[74th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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70 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[132nd of 141]
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Threatened species
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60 |
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[33rd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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35 |
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[15th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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2.17 thousand cubic metres |
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[81st of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.16 tons/cubic km |
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[55th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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2 %
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[29th of 114]
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Wildness
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14.91% |
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[57th 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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:
Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik, Ityop'iya
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