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| GUINEAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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0 |
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[145th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.86 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[90th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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286.2 |
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[157th of 178]
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Current issues
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing |
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Ecological footprint
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0.8 |
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[133rd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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55.6% |
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[84th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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73.68 % of land area
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[10th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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20,720 km²
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[105th of 195]
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Known breeding bird species
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235 |
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[52nd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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108 |
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[78th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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3,867 tons |
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[96th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.13 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[113rd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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71 |
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[171st of 199]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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190 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[98th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[130th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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19.15 thousand cubic metres |
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[29th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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5.75 mls/litre |
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[123rd of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.82 mls/litre |
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[7th of 141]
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Water > Severe water stress
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0 |
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[93rd of 140]
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Wildness
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0.65% |
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[91st 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; FAOSTAT on-line 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; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 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:
Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau
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