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| NEW ZEALAND ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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3,515 |
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[7th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.19 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[67th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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32,633.4 |
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[64th of 178]
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Coral reefs > Area
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1,310 sq km |
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[13th of 28]
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Ecological footprint
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9.54 |
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[5th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[15th of 141]
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Known breeding bird species
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190 |
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[92nd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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2 |
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[146th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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552,552 tons |
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[25th 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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[102nd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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8 |
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[14th of 29]
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Protected area
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23.6 |
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[7th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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440 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[81st of 141]
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Threatened species
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82 |
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[22nd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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3 |
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[147th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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79.81 thousand cubic metres |
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[5th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.17 tons/cubic km |
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[53rd of 69]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.04 mls/litre |
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[134th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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39 thousand hectares |
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[85th of 112]
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Wildness
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31.51% |
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[35th 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; 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; 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; 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; 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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