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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.05 % of GNI
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[44th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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7,315 |
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[3rd of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.19 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[66th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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837,425 |
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[6th of 178]
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Current issues
emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive |
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Ecological footprint
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6.31 |
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[14th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[7th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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31.76 % of land area
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[87th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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76 |
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[114th of 145]
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Municipal waste generation
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540 kgs per person per year |
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[12th of 17]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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216,213 |
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[5th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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220 |
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[6th of 25]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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10 |
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[10th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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546 |
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[12th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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450 |
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[6th of 16]
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Protected area
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27 |
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[6th of 147]
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Threatened species
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49 |
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[40th of 158]
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Waste generation
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340 kgs per person per year |
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[11th of 16]
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Water > Availability
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1.35 thousand cubic metres |
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[99th of 141]
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Wildness
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0.02% |
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[109th of 141]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; 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; 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:
Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany
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