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Africa > Central African Republic > Environment

CENTRAL AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 14 [100th of 146]
Carbon efficiency 0.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [133rd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions 285.8 [158th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues
tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished the country's reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation
Source: 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
Ecological footprint 1.12 [105th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection 47.4% [94th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area 36.53 % of land area Time series [70th of 195]
Source: 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
Forest area > sq. km 227,550 km² Time series [24th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species 209 [35th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch 0 tons [137th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area 0.61 thousand metric tons/squ [30th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Protected area 8.2 [49th of 147]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
SO2 emissions per populated area 290 thousand metric tons/squ [90th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species 14 [121st of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal 11 [79th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability 37.41 thousand cubic metres [13th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 5.29 mls/litre [130th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions 13.81 % Time series [49th of 114]
Source: 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
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 19.58 % Time series [1st of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Wildness 51.5% [19th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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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; 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; 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: Central African Republic, Republique Centrafricaine, central af. r., central afr. rep., central africa, central african rep.

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