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| HAITIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.82 % of GNI
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[22nd of 57]
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Areas under protection
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8 |
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[121st of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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3 |
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[6th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[123rd of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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1,409.9 |
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[132nd of 178]
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Current issues
extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water |
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Ecological footprint
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0.78 |
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[135th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[125th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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3.81 % of land area
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[170th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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1,050 km²
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[158th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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20 |
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[143rd of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.03 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[139th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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386 |
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[138th of 199]
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Protected area
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0.4 |
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[133rd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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140 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[113rd of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[138th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.93 thousand cubic metres |
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[110th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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8.9 mls/litre |
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[41st of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.84 %
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[88th of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[129th 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; 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:
Haiti, Republic of Haiti, Republique d'Haiti
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