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| SYRIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Carbon efficiency
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2.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[22nd of 141]
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CFC consumption
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279,497 |
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[7th of 107]
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Ecological footprint
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2.56 |
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[62nd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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0% |
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[120th of 141]
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Marine fish catch
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2,530 tons |
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[100th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.21 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[79th of 141]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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710 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[62nd of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[135th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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0.35 thousand cubic metres |
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[124th of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.21 mls/litre |
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[95th of 141]
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Water > Suspended solids
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5.01 mls/litre |
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[73rd of 141]
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Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions
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3.9 %
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[74th of 114]
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Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.95 %
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[1st of 112]
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Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions
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69.81 %
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[13th of 114]
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Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions
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4.14 %
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[46th of 94]
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Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.21 %
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[78th of 107]
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Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.45 %
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[86th of 111]
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Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions
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19.37 %
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[16th of 114]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.17 %
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[86th of 114]
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Wildness
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0.11% |
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[102nd of 141]
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SOURCES: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center; UNEP, Production and Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances, 1986-1998, October 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; FAOSTAT on-line database; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE; 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 Development Indicators database; 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:
Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah
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