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| GUATEMALAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.74 % of GNI
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[23rd of 57]
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Areas under protection
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42 |
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[71st of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[14th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[101st of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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10,097.3 |
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[88th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution |
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Ecological footprint
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1.4 |
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[90th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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89.5% |
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[32nd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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36.32 % of land area
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[71st of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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39,380 km²
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[76th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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250 |
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[27th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.24 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[70th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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2,640 |
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[90th of 199]
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Protected area
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16.8 |
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[17th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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160 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[106th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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8 |
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[102nd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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14.03 thousand cubic metres |
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[35th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.12 tons/cubic km |
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[59th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.82 %
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[74th of 114]
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Wildness
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15.1% |
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[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; 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; 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; 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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