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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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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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Known breeding bird species
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199 |
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[83rd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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75 |
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[116th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[108th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.95 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[23rd of 141]
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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 > Nuclear waste
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64 |
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[12th of 16]
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Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita
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10.9 |
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[7th of 16]
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Protected area
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18 |
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[15th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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510 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[77th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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6 |
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[114th of 160]
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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 > Phosphorus concentration
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0.07 mls/litre |
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[130th of 141]
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Wetlands of intl importance > Area
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7 thousand hectares |
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[103rd of 112]
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Wildness
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2.43% |
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[78th 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; 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; 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; 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:
Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera
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