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| GAMBIAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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0.64 % of GNI
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[25th of 57]
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Areas under protection
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6 |
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[128th of 146]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Carbon efficiency
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0.34 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[122nd of 141]
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Source: World Resources Institute |
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CO2 Emissions
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280.3 |
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[159th of 178]
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Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
Current issues
deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases prevalent |
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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 |
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Ecological footprint
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0.99 |
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[112nd of 141]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Endangered species protection
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40.9% |
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[97th of 141]
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Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress. |
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Forest area > % of land area
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47.1 % of land area
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[46th of 195]
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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 |
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Forest area > sq. km
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4,710 km²
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[136th of 195]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Known mammal species
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117 |
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[74th of 145]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.12 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[118th of 141]
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Source: World Resources Institute |
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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69 |
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[172nd of 199]
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Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE |
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Protected area
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2.2 |
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[114th of 147]
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Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication |
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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110 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[122nd of 141]
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Source: Jacaranda Atlas |
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Threatened species
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6 |
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[148th of 158]
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Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE |
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Threatened species > Mammal
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4 |
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[142nd of 160]
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Water > Availability
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0.4 thousand cubic metres |
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[121st of 141]
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Source: Jacaranda Atlas |
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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3.75 mls/litre |
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[139th of 141]
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Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org |
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.91 %
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[56th of 114]
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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 |
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Wildness
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0% |
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[133rd of 141]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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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; 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; 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:
Gambia, The, Republic of The Gambia, The Gambia, gambia
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