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| SUDANESE ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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27 |
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[81st of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[35th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.25 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[128th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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5,852.9 |
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[100th of 178]
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Current issues
inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification; periodic drought |
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Ecological footprint
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1.14 |
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[103rd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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56.3% |
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[83rd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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28.43 % of land area
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[100th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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675,460 km²
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[11th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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267 |
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[23rd of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.18 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[93rd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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719 |
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[120th of 199]
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Protected area
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3.6 |
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[95th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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110 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[119th of 141]
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Threatened species
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34 |
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[60th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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21 |
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[33rd of 160]
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Water > Availability
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-0.53 thousand cubic metres |
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[137th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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7.84 mls/litre |
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[67th of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.56 %
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[61st of 114]
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Wildness
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41.36% |
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[27th 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; 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:
Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Jumhuriyat as-Sudan, As-Sudan
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