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Areas under protection
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86 |
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[49th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[64th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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174,809 |
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[22nd of 178]
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Coral reefs > Area
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470 sq km |
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[21st of 28]
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Current issues
water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain |
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Ecological footprint
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5.75 |
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[22nd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[1st of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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10.77 % of land area
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[146th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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55 |
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[132nd of 145]
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Municipal waste generation
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610 kgs per person per year |
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[7th of 17]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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36,747 |
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[26th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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64 |
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[23rd of 25]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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11 |
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[8th of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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560 |
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[9th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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12 |
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[16th of 16]
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Protected area
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6.7 |
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[63rd of 147]
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Waste generation
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530 kgs per person per year |
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[2nd of 16]
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Water > Availability
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0.65 thousand cubic metres |
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[114th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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1.29 tons/cubic km |
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[26th of 69]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[116th 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; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; 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; 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:
Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands
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