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Areas under protection
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78 |
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[53rd of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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3.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[13th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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266,083 |
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[19th of 178]
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Current issues
desertification; depletion of underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills |
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Ecological footprint
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6.15 |
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[17th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[114th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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1.36 % of land area
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[180th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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27,280 km²
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[93rd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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77 |
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[112nd of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.2 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[82nd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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64,249 |
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[20th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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75 |
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[20th of 25]
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Protected area
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2.3 |
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[113rd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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560 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[73rd of 141]
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Threatened species
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23 |
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[85th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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9 |
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[94th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.22 thousand cubic metres |
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[128th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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8.69 mls/litre |
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[46th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.97 %
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[52nd of 114]
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Wildness
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44.34% |
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[24th 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; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; 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:
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah, Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah , saudi arabia b, saudi-arabia
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