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Areas under protection
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224 |
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[28th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[58th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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385,075 |
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[10th of 178]
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Coral reefs > Area
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1,780 sq km |
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[10th of 28]
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Current issues scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural fresh water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; deteriorating agricultural lands; serious air and water pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US-Mexico border; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion; note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issues |
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Ecological footprint
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2.69 |
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[58th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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87.5% |
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[38th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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33.66 % of land area
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[80th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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491 |
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[2nd of 145]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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103,301 |
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[10th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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103 |
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[14th of 25]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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4 |
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[28th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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310 |
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[29th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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42 |
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[15th of 16]
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Protected area
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2.4 |
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[111st of 147]
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Threatened species
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247 |
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[4th of 158]
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Water > Availability
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3.47 thousand cubic metres |
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[63rd of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.42 tons/cubic km |
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[45th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.92 %
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[63rd of 114]
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Wildness
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17.65% |
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[49th 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 Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program; 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; World Development Indicators database; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; 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:
Mexico, ma*a(c)xico, United Mexican States, Estados Unidos Mexicanos
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