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| LIBYAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.02 % of GNI
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[55th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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8 |
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[122nd of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[21st of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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42,274.9 |
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[57th of 178]
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Current issues
desertification; limited natural fresh water resources; the Great Manmade River Project, the largest water development scheme in the world, is being built to bring water from large aquifers under the Sahara to coastal cities |
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Ecological footprint
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4.36 |
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[39th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[132nd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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0.12 % of land area
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[193rd of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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2,170 km²
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[151st of 195]
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Known mammal species
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76 |
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[115th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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32,450 tons |
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[72nd of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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6.34 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[1st of 141]
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Protected area
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0.1 |
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[145th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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3,220 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[16th of 141]
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Threatened species
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16 |
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[112nd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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11 |
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[76th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.6 thousand cubic metres |
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[118th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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7.58 mls/litre |
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[77th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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596.01 %
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[1st of 114]
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Wildness
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89.9% |
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[1st 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; 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; 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:
Libya, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma, libyan arab jamahiriya, the libyan arab jamahiriya
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