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Areas under protection	186		[35th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	1.47 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[53rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	56,849.5		[47th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution to meet EU requirements will require large investments
Definition: Environment > Current issues
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	5.01		[33rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	85.7%		[45th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	22.05 % of land area		[118th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
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
Known mammal species	83		[104th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	15,524		[47th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	6		[22nd of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	490		[15th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Pollution > Nuclear waste	55		[13th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Nuclear waste
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	6.8		[62nd of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,650 thousand metric tons/squ		[23rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	56		[34th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal	8		[103rd of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	1.17 thousand cubic metres		[103rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	1.17 tons/cubic km		[29th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.52 %		[7th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
Source: 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
Wildness	0.07%		[103rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness
Source: World Development Indicators database

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