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| SLOVENIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.16 % of GNI
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[43rd of 57]
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Areas under protection
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32 |
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[77th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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1.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[59th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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15,067.8 |
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[77th of 178]
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Current issues
Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain |
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Ecological footprint
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5.4 |
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[29th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[127th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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62.76 % of land area
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[21st of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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12,640 km²
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[116th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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75 |
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[117th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.17 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[97th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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3,937 |
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[81st of 199]
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Protected area
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5.7 |
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[72nd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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2,340 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[26th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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10 |
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[88th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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8.04 thousand cubic metres |
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[43rd of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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9.7 mls/litre |
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[27th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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1.32 tons/cubic km |
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[24th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.96 %
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[30th of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[131st 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; 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; 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; 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:
Slovenia, Republic of Slovenia, Republika Slovenija, Slovenija
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