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Areas under protection
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33 |
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[76th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[26th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[78th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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5,708.9 |
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[101st of 178]
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Current issues
water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources |
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Ecological footprint
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2.35 |
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[67th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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81% |
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[53rd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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57.69 % of land area
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[27th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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42,940 km²
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[74th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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218 |
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[32nd of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.05 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[137th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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2,252 |
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[94th of 199]
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Protected area
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19.1 |
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[12th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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230 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[94th of 141]
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Threatened species
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37 |
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[54th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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17 |
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[43rd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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30.79 thousand cubic metres |
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[16th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.15 tons/cubic km |
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[58th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.39 %
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[71st of 114]
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Wildness
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14.83% |
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[58th 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; 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:
Panama, Republic of Panama, Republica de Panama
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