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| IVOIRIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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12 |
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[110th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.46 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[54th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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7,144.1 |
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[93rd of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents |
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Ecological footprint
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0.95 |
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[118th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[140th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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32.72 % of land area
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[86th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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104,050 km²
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[51st of 195]
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Known mammal species
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230 |
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[30th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.26 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[66th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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3,307 |
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[84th of 199]
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Protected area
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2.6 |
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[109th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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200 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[97th of 141]
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Threatened species
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34 |
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[61st of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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18 |
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[41st of 160]
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Water > Availability
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6.87 thousand cubic metres |
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[48th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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6.7 mls/litre |
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[96th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.11 tons/cubic km |
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[61st of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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5.94 %
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[7th of 114]
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Wildness
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4.38% |
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[68th 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, côte d’ivoire, cote d'ivoire, cte d'ivoire, ivory coast, Côte d'Ivoire
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