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| PARAGUAYAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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20 |
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[89th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[24th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[108th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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3,658.9 |
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[110th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal pose health risks for many urban residents; loss of wetlands |
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Ecological footprint
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2.84 |
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[54th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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68.2% |
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[73rd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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46.5 % of land area
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[49th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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184,750 km²
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[31st of 195]
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Known mammal species
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305 |
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[15th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.38 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[46th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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1,236 |
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[110th of 199]
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Protected area
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3.5 |
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[96th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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80 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[129th of 141]
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Threatened species
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39 |
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[52nd of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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10 |
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[86th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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10.77 thousand cubic metres |
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[39th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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8.33 mls/litre |
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[56th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.33 %
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[111st of 114]
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Wildness
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44.12% |
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[25th 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; 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; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; 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; 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Paraguay, Republic of Paraguay, Republica del Paraguay
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