NationMaster - Liberian Environment statistics

Areas under protection	2		[140th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	0.99 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[82nd of 141]
CO2 Emissions	424.3		[151st of 178]
Ecological footprint	1.16		[100th of 141]
Endangered species protection	44.4%		[96th of 141]
Known breeding bird species	146		[114th of 146]
Known mammal species	193		[43rd of 145]
Marine fish catch	10,861 tons		[86th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.27 thousand metric tons/squ		[61st of 141]
Protected area	1.3		[123rd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	110 thousand metric tons/squ		[120th of 141]
Threatened species	30		[67th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	11		[74th of 160]
Water > Availability	58.85 thousand cubic metres		[6th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.49 mls/litre		[34th of 141]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.88 %	...	[90th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	5 %	...	[93rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.55 %	...	[101st of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.33 %	...	[42nd of 114]
Wildness	8.96%		[65th 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; 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; 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; 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 Development Indicators database; 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: Liberia, Republic of Liberia

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