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| GUINEAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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3 |
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[137th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[42nd of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.25 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[129th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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1,336.3 |
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[133rd of 178]
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Ecological footprint
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0.85 |
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[129th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[124th of 141]
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Known breeding bird species
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109 |
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[138th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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190 |
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[45th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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81,618 tons |
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[61st of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.08 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[129th of 141]
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Protected area
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0.7 |
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[130th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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70 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[135th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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11 |
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[73rd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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10.13 thousand cubic metres |
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[40th of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.49 mls/litre |
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[33rd of 141]
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Water > Salinisation
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716.05 |
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[61st of 141]
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Water > Severe water stress
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0 |
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[111st of 140]
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Water > Suspended solids
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4.09 mls/litre |
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[99th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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4,779 thousand hectares |
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[8th of 112]
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Wildness
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0.02% |
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[111st of 141]
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SOURCES: 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; 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; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 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:
Guinea, Republic of Guinea, Republique de Guinee, Guinee
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