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| LATVIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.83 % of GNI
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[21st of 57]
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Areas under protection
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209 |
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[30th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[55th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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6,490 |
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[96th of 178]
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Current issues
Latvia's environment has benefited from a shift to service industries after the country regained independence; the main environmental priorities are improvement of drinking water quality and sewage system, household, and hazardous waste management, as well as reduction of air pollution; in 2001, Latvia closed the EU accession negotiation chapter on environment committing to full enforcement of EU environmental directives by 2010 |
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Ecological footprint
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3.74 |
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[45th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[17th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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47.21 % of land area
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[45th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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29,410 km²
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[89th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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83 |
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[102nd of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.04 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[138th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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1,798 |
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[97th of 199]
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Protected area
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12.5 |
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[30th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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180 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[101st of 141]
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Threatened species
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17 |
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[103rd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[137th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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6.31 thousand cubic metres |
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[50th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.8 tons/cubic km |
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[34th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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9.74 %
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[2nd of 114]
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Wildness
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0.02% |
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[110th of 141]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; 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; 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; 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:
Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija
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