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| NEPALESE ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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2.48 % of GNI
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[9th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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15 |
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[97th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.3 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[124th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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3,229.4 |
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[114th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation (overuse of wood for fuel and lack of alternatives); contaminated water (with human and animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents); wildlife conservation; vehicular emissions |
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Ecological footprint
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1.01 |
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[111st of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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75% |
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[61st of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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25.43 % of land area
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[109th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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36,360 km²
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[80th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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181 |
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[51st of 145]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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906 |
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[117th of 199]
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Protected area
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7.8 |
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[52nd of 147]
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Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.
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30,000
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[9th of 11]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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50 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[137th of 141]
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Threatened species
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61 |
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[30th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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28 |
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[26th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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5.97 thousand cubic metres |
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[52nd of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.17 tons/cubic km |
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[54th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.7 %
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[36th of 114]
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Wildness
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2.62% |
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[74th 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; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Jacaranda Atlas; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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
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