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Africa > Gabon > Environment

GABONESE ENVIRONMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Areas under protection 3 [138th of 146]
Biodiversity richness 2 [21st of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency 1.01 CO2 emissions/$ GDP [79th of 141]
CO2 Emissions 1,454.6 [130th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation; poaching Time series
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 2.06 [72nd of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection 70% [70th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area 84.51 % of land area Time series [6th 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 217,750 km² Time series [27th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species 190 [46th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area 0.11 thousand metric tons/squ [121st of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999 970 [115th of 199]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Protected area 2.8 [104th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area 110 thousand metric tons/squ [121st of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species 20 [96th 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 12 [67th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability 176.37 thousand cubic metres [2nd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration 7.27 mls/litre [83rd of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions 6.87 % Time series [6th 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
Wildness 72.79% [8th 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; 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: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Republique Gabonaise

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