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| SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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542 |
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[20th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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2.56 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[23rd of 141]
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CFC consumption
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619.83 |
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[67th of 107]
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CO2 Emissions
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344,590 |
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[13th of 178]
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Ecological footprint
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4.04 |
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[41st of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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95.8% |
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[25th of 141]
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Environmental agreement compliance
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4.34 |
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[36th of 70]
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Known breeding bird species
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304 |
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[20th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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247 |
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[28th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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576,551 tons |
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[23rd of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.64 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[29th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
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106 |
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[12th of 25]
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Protected area
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5.4 |
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[76th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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2,350 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[25th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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33 |
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[20th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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1.25 thousand cubic metres |
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[101st of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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4.74 tons/cubic km |
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[11th of 69]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.73 mls/litre |
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[9th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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499 thousand hectares |
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[31st of 112]
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Wildness
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19.78% |
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[47th of 141]
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SOURCES: World Resources Institute; Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org; FAOSTAT on-line database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; Jacaranda Atlas; 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; 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:
South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA
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