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Areas under protection
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8 |
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[120th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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3.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[15th of 141]
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Source: World Resources Institute |
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CO2 Emissions
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78,506.7 |
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[36th of 178]
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Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
Current issues
government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers; a once sizable population of Marsh Arabs, who inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations; inadequate supplies of potable water; development of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey; air and water pollution; soil degradation (salination) and erosion; desertification |
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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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1.73 |
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[79th 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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0% |
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[113rd 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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1.88 % of land area
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[179th 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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8,220 km²
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[125th of 195]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Known mammal species
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81 |
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[106th of 145]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Marine fish catch
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13,093 tons |
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[84th of 141]
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Source: World Resources Institute |
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.31 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[52nd of 141]
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Source: FAOSTAT on-line database |
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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20,262 |
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[38th 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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SO2 emissions per populated area
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580 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[71st of 141]
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Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication |
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Threatened species
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25 |
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[79th 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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7 |
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[104th 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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-0.45 thousand cubic metres |
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[135th of 141]
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Source: Jacaranda Atlas |
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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7.28 mls/litre |
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[81st 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, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions
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16.71 %
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[39th 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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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.35 %
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[106th of 114]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Wildness
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3.68% |
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[70th of 141]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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