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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI 0.04 % of GNI Time series [51st of 57]
Areas under protection 579 [19th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 2.84 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [20th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 303,778 [17th of 178]
Ecological footprint 5.4 [28th of 141]
Endangered species protection 88.9% [35th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area 30.01 % of land area Time series [93rd of 195]
Known mammal species 84 [97th of 145]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 85,805 [15th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 81 [18th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita 8 [15th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita 320 [27th of 29]
Protected area 9.6 [42nd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area 3,900 thousand metric tons/squ [14th of 141]
Threatened species 31 [66th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal 10 [84th of 160]
Water > Availability 1.48 thousand cubic metres [96th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution 5.85 tons/cubic km [8th of 69]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 4.29 % Time series [13th of 114]
Wildness 0% [123rd 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; 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; 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; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Poland, Republic of Poland, Rzeczpospolita Polska, Polska

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