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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.04 % of GNI
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[48th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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2,177 |
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[9th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.61 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[104th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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41,789.4 |
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[58th of 178]
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Current issues
air pollution from vehicle emissions and open-air burning; acid rain; water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers; loss of biodiversity |
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Ecological footprint
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6.63 |
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[13th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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100% |
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[2nd of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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30.52 % of land area
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[92nd of 195]
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Known mammal species
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75 |
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[116th of 145]
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Municipal waste generation
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650 kgs per person per year |
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[4th of 17]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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11,075 |
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[57th of 199]
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Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
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6 |
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[23rd of 29]
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Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
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600 |
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[5th of 29]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste
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64 |
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[12th of 16]
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Protected area
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18 |
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[15th of 147]
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Waste generation
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450 kgs per person per year |
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[6th of 16]
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Water > Availability
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5.74 thousand cubic metres |
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[54th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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3.02 tons/cubic km |
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[18th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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4.15 %
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[14th of 114]
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Wildness
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2.43% |
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[78th 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; OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002 ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium; 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; 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:
Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera
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