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| FINNISH ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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270 |
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[26th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.28 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[62nd of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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56,618.7 |
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[48th of 178]
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Current issues
air pollution from manufacturing and power plants contributing to acid rain; water pollution from industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations |
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Ecological footprint
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8.45 |
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[8th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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82.6% |
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[51st of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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73.87 % of land area
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[9th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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60 |
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[128th of 145]
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Municipal waste generation
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460 kgs per person per year |
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[15th of 17]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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15,932 |
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[45th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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12 |
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[6th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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410 |
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[20th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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71 |
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[11th of 16]
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Protected area
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6 |
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[71st of 147]
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Threatened species
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17 |
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[104th of 158]
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Waste generation
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190 kgs per person per year |
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[16th of 16]
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Water > Availability
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18.01 thousand cubic metres |
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[30th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.61 tons/cubic km |
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[40th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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3.93 %
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[15th of 114]
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Wildness
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30.04% |
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[38th of 141]
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SOURCES: 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; World Development Indicators database; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; 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; 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:
Finland, Republic of Finland, Suomen Tasavalta, Suomi
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