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| PAKISTANI ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.44 % of GNI
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[32nd of 57]
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Areas under protection
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83 |
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[50th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[71st of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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105,983 |
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[33rd of 178]
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Current issues
water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; most of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification |
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Ecological footprint
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1.09 |
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[106th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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78.3% |
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[55th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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2.47 % of land area
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[177th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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19,020 km²
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[109th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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188 |
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[49th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.25 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[68th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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26,984 |
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[34th of 199]
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Protected area
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4.8 |
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[80th of 147]
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Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.
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80,000
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[5th of 11]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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300 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[89th of 141]
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Threatened species
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45 |
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[41st of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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13 |
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[60th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.23 thousand cubic metres |
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[127th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.32 %
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[93rd of 114]
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Wildness
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2.51% |
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[76th 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; 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; Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 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:
Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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