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| JORDANIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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11 |
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[112nd of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.16 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[31st of 141]
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CFC consumption
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119,897 |
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[16th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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15,535.4 |
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[76th of 178]
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Ecological footprint
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1.71 |
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[80th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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35% |
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[100th of 141]
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Environmental agreement compliance
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4.5 |
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[29th of 70]
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Known breeding bird species
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117 |
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[132nd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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71 |
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[120th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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160 tons |
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[106th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.3 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[54th of 141]
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Protected area
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3.4 |
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[97th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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2,710 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[21st of 141]
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Threatened species
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15 |
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[115th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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7 |
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[108th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.07 thousand cubic metres |
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[131st of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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11.53 tons/cubic km |
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[2nd of 69]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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1.01 mls/litre |
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[4th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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7 thousand hectares |
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[102nd of 112]
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Wildness
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2.08% |
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[81st of 141]
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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; 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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org; 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; 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:
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah, Al Urdun
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