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| SIERRA LEONEAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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1.94 % of GNI
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[11th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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6 |
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[126th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[106th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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572 |
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[147th of 178]
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Current issues
rapid population growth pressuring the environment; overharvesting of timber, expansion of cattle grazing, and slash-and-burn agriculture have resulted in deforestation and soil exhaustion; civil war depleted natural resources; overfishing |
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Ecological footprint
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0.73 |
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[139th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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25% |
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[104th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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38.45 % of land area
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[67th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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27,540 km²
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[92nd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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147 |
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[62nd of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.48 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[34th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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148 |
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[156th of 199]
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Protected area
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1.1 |
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[125th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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2,080 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[29th of 141]
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Threatened species
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28 |
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[71st of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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9 |
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[97th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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21.97 thousand cubic metres |
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[25th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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6.07 mls/litre |
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[115th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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2.23 %
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[46th of 114]
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Wildness
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0% |
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[128th 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; 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:
Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone
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