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Central America and the Caribbean > Guatemala > Environment

Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.74 % of GNI Time series [23rd of 57]
Areas under protection 42 [71st of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [14th of 53]
Carbon efficiency 0.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [101st of 141]
CO2 Emissions 10,097.3 [88th of 178]
Ecological footprint 1.4 [90th of 141]
Endangered species protection 89.5% [32nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 36.32 % of land area Time series [71st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km 39,380 km² Time series [76th of 195]
Known mammal species 250 [27th of 145]
NOx emissions per populated area 0.24 thousand metric tons/squ [70th of 141]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 2,640 [90th of 199]
Protected area 16.8 [17th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 160 thousand metric tons/squ [106th of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal 8 [102nd of 160]
Water > Availability 14.03 thousand cubic metres [35th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 6.63 mls/litre [99th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 0.12 tons/cubic km [59th of 69]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 0.82 % Time series [74th of 114]
Wildness 15.1% [55th 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; 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; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; 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 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala, Republica de Guatemala

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