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| MALAWIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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9 |
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[119th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[121st of 141]
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CFC consumption
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322.74 |
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[70th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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782.3 |
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[140th of 178]
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Ecological footprint
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0.87 |
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[126th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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77.8% |
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[57th of 141]
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Known breeding bird species
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219 |
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[63rd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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195 |
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[40th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[133rd of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.16 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[105th of 141]
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Protected area
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11.3 |
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[34th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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50 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[138th of 141]
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Threatened species
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24 |
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[83rd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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7 |
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[111st of 160]
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Water > Availability
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1.55 thousand cubic metres |
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[94th of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.52 mls/litre |
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[25th of 141]
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Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions
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7.76 %
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[54th of 114]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.68 %
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[53rd of 114]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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225 thousand hectares |
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[46th of 112]
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Wildness
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16.1% |
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[52nd of 141]
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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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:
Malawi, Republic of Malawi
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