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Africa > Gabon > Environment

GABONESE ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 3 [138th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [21st of 53]
Carbon efficiency 1.01 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [79th of 141]
CFC consumption 126.65 [82nd of 107]
CO2 Emissions 1,454.6 [130th of 178]
Ecological footprint 2.06 [72nd of 141]
Endangered species protection 70% [70th of 141]
Known breeding bird species 156 [111st of 146]
Known mammal species 190 [46th of 145]
Marine fish catch 41,470 tons [69th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.11 thousand metric tons/squ [121st of 141]
Protected area 2.8 [104th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 110 thousand metric tons/squ [121st of 141]
Threatened species 20 [96th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 12 [67th of 160]
Water > Availability 176.37 thousand cubic metres [2nd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration 0.29 mls/litre [85th of 141]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.87 % ... [6th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area 1,080 thousand hectares [17th of 112]
Wildness 72.79% [8th of 141]

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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; ; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; 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; World Development Indicators database; 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: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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