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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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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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Known breeding bird species
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243 |
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[44th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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60 |
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[128th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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104,058 tons |
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[55th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.19 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[90th of 141]
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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 > Nuclear waste
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71 |
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[11th of 16]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita
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13.3 |
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[5th 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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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[140th of 160]
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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 > Phosphorus concentration
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0.01 mls/litre |
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[138th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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139 thousand hectares |
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[59th of 112]
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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; 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; FAOSTAT on-line database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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; 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:
Finland, Republic of Finland, Suomen Tasavalta, Suomi
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