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| ZAMBIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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77 |
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[56th of 146]
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Biodiversity richness
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2 |
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[16th of 53]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.58 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[107th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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1,899.4 |
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[125th of 178]
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Current issues
air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment presents human health risks |
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Ecological footprint
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1.21 |
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[98th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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72.2% |
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[66th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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57.11 % of land area
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[28th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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424,520 km²
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[17th of 195]
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Known mammal species
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233 |
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[29th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[130th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.41 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[44th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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493 |
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[131st of 199]
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Protected area
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8.6 |
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[47th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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2,100 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[28th of 141]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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11 |
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[77th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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10.01 thousand cubic metres |
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[41st of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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5.77 mls/litre |
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[122nd of 141]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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2.95 %
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[32nd of 114]
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Wildness
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23.98% |
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[44th 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; FAOSTAT on-line 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; 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:
Zambia, Republic of Zambia
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