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| ISRAELI ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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188 |
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[34th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[49th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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62,718.9 |
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[43rd of 178]
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Current issues
limited arable land and natural fresh water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides |
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Ecological footprint
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5.4 |
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[30th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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52.6% |
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[87th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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7.9 % of land area
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[156th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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1,710 km²
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[153rd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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116 |
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[76th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.76 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[26th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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16,683 |
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[43rd of 199]
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Protected area
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14.9 |
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[22nd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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3,310 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[15th of 141]
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Threatened species
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36 |
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[59th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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13 |
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[63rd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.36 thousand cubic metres |
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[123rd of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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10.33 mls/litre |
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[17th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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27.07 tons/cubic km |
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[1st of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.89 %
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[32nd of 114]
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Wildness
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0.61% |
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[93rd 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; 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; 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
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Israel, State of Israel, Medinat Yisra'el, Yisra'el
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