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| HONDURAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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72 |
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[61st of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.93 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[84th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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4,958.1 |
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[103rd of 178]
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Current issues
urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals |
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Ecological footprint
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1.43 |
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[87th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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21.4% |
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[105th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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41.54 % of land area
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[60th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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46,480 km²
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[72nd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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173 |
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[55th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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3,775 tons |
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[98th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.14 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[112nd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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1,372 |
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[107th of 199]
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Protected area
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9.9 |
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[39th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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150 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[111st of 141]
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Threatened species
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20 |
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[95th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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7 |
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[110th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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13.09 thousand cubic metres |
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[36th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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7.61 mls/litre |
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[75th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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4.04 %
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[18th of 114]
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Wildness
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10.65% |
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[62nd 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; 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; World Development Indicators database; FAOSTAT on-line database; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; 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:
Honduras, Republic of Honduras, Republica de Honduras
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