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| GUATEMALAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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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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CFC consumption
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2,225.37 |
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[56th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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10,097.3 |
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[88th of 178]
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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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Environmental agreement compliance
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2.68 |
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[70th of 70]
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Known breeding bird species
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221 |
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[62nd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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250 |
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[27th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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936 tons |
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[105th of 141]
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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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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 > Phosphorus concentration
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0.41 mls/litre |
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[48th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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503 thousand hectares |
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[30th of 112]
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Wildness
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15.1% |
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[55th 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; 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; 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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