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| NIGERIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Acidification
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0.00% (1990) |
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[63rd of 141]
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI
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0.48 % of GNI
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[70th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.14 % of GNI
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[45th of 57]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
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0.81 % of GNI
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[38th of 165]
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Areas under protection
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27 |
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[80th of 146]
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(per capita)
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0.209683 per 1 million people |
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[140th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[18th of 53]
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Biosphere reserves area
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131 thousand hectares |
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[65th of 86]
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(per capita)
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1.01735 thousand hectares per 1 |
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[80th of 86]
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Breeding birds threatened
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1.32% |
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[104th of 136]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.12 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[32nd of 141]
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CFC consumption
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218,258 |
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[11th of 107]
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(per capita)
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1.69499 per 1,000 people |
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[27th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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48,145.7 |
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[52nd of 178]
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(per capita)
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0.373901 per 1,000 people |
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[135th of 176]
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CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP
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0.41 kg/PPP$
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[61st of 170]
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CO2 emissions > kt
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52,175.77 kt
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[53rd of 195]
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(per capita)
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0.414 kt
per 1,000 people |
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[152nd of 196]
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CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating
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3
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[55th of 75]
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Current issues
soil degradation; rapid deforestation; urban air and water pollution; desertification; oil pollution - water, air, and soil; has suffered serious damage from oil spills; loss of arable land; rapid urbanization |
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SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; ; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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