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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.02 % of GNI
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[53rd of 57]
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Areas under protection
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1,789 |
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[10th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.43 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[27th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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124,069 |
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[29th of 178]
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Current issues
air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution |
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Ecological footprint
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6.3 |
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[15th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[11th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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34.27 % of land area
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[76th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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81 |
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[107th of 145]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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29,709 |
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[32nd of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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12 |
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[7th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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310 |
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[28th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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45 |
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[14th of 16]
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Protected area
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15.8 |
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[20th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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7,980 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[4th of 141]
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Threatened species
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36 |
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[56th of 158]
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Water > Availability
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1.45 thousand cubic metres |
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[97th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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7.9 tons/cubic km |
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[5th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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3.88 %
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[13th of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[125th of 141]
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... View all Environment stats
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; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; 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
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Czech Republic, Ceska Republika, czech rep. c, czech rep.
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