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| KAZAKHSTANI ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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73 |
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[59th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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4.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[8th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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123,686 |
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[30th of 178]
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Current issues
radioactive or toxic chemical sites associated with former defense industries and test ranges scattered throughout the country pose health risks for humans and animals; industrial pollution is severe in some cities; because the two main rivers that flowed into the Aral Sea have been diverted for irrigation, it is drying up and leaving behind a harmful layer of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then picked up by the wind and blown into noxious dust storms; pollution in the Caspian Sea; soil pollution from overuse of agricultural chemicals and salination from poor infrastructure and wasteful irrigation practices |
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Ecological footprint
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4.45 |
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[38th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[129th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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1.24 % of land area
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[183rd of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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33,370 km²
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[85th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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178 |
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[54th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[126th 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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[111st of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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30,796 |
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[31st of 199]
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Protected area
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2.7 |
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[107th of 147]
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Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.
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50,000
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[7th of 11]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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580 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[72nd of 141]
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Threatened species
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41 |
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[47th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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15 |
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[50th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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3.63 thousand cubic metres |
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[61st of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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8.27 mls/litre |
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[59th of 141]
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Wildness
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39.45% |
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[29th 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; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
; 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:
Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Qazaqstan Respublikasy, kazakstan, Kazakhstan, Republic of
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