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| GHANAIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Acidification
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0.00% (1990) |
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[91st of 141]
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI
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0.53 % of GNI
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[63rd of 179]
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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1.81 % of GNI
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[12th of 57]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
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0.13 % of GNI
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[123rd of 165]
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Areas under protection
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16 |
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[96th of 146]
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(per capita)
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0.729062 per 1 million people |
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[114th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[20th of 53]
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Biosphere reserves area
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8 thousand hectares |
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[86th of 86]
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(per capita)
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0.364531 thousand hectares per 1 |
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[85th of 86]
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Breeding birds threatened
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1.51% |
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[96th of 136]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[120th of 141]
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CFC consumption
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134 |
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[81st of 107]
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(per capita)
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0.0061059 per 1,000 people |
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[88th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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5,921.8 |
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[99th of 178]
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(per capita)
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0.269835 per 1,000 people |
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[142nd of 176]
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CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP
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0.18 kg/PPP$
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[128th of 170]
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CO2 emissions > kt
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7,728.93 kt
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[99th of 195]
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(per capita)
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0.364 kt
per 1,000 people |
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[156th of 196]
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CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating
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3.5
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[24th of 75]
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Current issues
recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water |
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SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; ; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Ghana, Republic of Ghana
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