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| SLOVAK ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.48 % of GNI
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[30th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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1,040 |
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[13th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.89 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[39th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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36,927.3 |
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[59th of 178]
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Current issues
air pollution from metallurgical plants presents human health risks; acid rain damaging forests |
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Ecological footprint
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3.94 |
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[42nd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[12th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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40.1 % of land area
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[62nd of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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19,290 km²
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[108th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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85 |
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[95th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.27 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[60th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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10,541 |
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[61st of 199]
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Protected area
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21.8 |
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[8th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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4,850 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[9th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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8 |
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[101st of 160]
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Water > Availability
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2.24 thousand cubic metres |
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[80th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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10.03 mls/litre |
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[21st of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.76 tons/cubic km |
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[36th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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4.03 %
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[8th of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[126th 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; 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
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Slovakia, Slovak Republic, Slovenska Republika, Slovensko, slovak rep. c
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