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| VENEZUELAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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195 |
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[32nd of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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1 |
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[37th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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3.04 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[17th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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136,686 |
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[26th of 178]
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Current issues
sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from irresponsible mining operations |
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Ecological footprint
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2.88 |
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[53rd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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76.2% |
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[58th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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54.09 % of land area
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[33rd of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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477,130 km²
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[16th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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323 |
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[12th of 145]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.41 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[43rd of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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34,341 |
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[27th of 199]
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Protected area
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36.3 |
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[2nd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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590 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[69th of 141]
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Threatened species
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66 |
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[28th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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24 |
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[31st of 160]
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Water > Availability
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33.83 thousand cubic metres |
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[15th of 141]
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Water > Freshwater pollution
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0.07 tons/cubic km |
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[64th of 69]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.53 %
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[56th of 114]
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Wildness
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50.77% |
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[20th 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; 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:
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Venezuela, RB
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