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| FRENCH ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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1,325 |
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[11th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[94th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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363,484 |
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[11th of 178]
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Current issues
some forest damage from acid rain; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from urban wastes, agricultural runoff |
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Ecological footprint
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7.27 |
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[11th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[19th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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28.27 % of land area
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[102nd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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93 |
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[90th of 145]
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Municipal waste generation
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510 kgs per person per year |
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[13th of 17]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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98,168 |
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[12th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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109 |
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[11th of 25]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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6 |
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[24th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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590 |
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[8th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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1,130 |
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[3rd of 16]
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Protected area
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11.7 |
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[32nd of 147]
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Threatened species
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89 |
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[21st of 158]
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Waste generation
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360 kgs per person per year |
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[10th of 16]
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Water > Availability
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3.26 thousand cubic metres |
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[65th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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2.49 tons/cubic km |
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[20th of 69]
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Wildness
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0.04% |
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[107th 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; 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
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France, French Republic, Republique Francaise
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