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| RWANDAN ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Acidification
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0% |
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[133rd of 141]
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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI
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0.22 % of GNI
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[130th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI
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2.64 % of GNI
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[7th of 57]
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Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI
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0.12 % of GNI
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[129th of 165]
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Areas under protection
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6 |
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[129th of 146]
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Areas under protection (per capita)
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0.710816 per 1 million people |
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[115th of 146]
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Biosphere reserves area
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13 thousand hectares |
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[83rd of 86]
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Biosphere reserves area (per capita)
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1.5401 thousand hectares per 1 |
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[77th of 86]
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Breeding birds threatened
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1.75% |
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[92nd of 136]
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Carbon efficiency
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0.21 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[131st of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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595.8 |
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[146th of 178]
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CO2 Emissions (per capita)
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0.0705841 per 1,000 people |
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[164th of 176]
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CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP
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0.06 kg/PPP$
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[156th of 170]
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CO2 emissions > kt
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600.73 kt
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[162nd of 195]
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CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)
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0.069 kt
per 1,000 people |
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[186th of 196]
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CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating
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3
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[54th of 75]
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Current issues
deforestation results from uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel; overgrazing; soil exhaustion; soil erosion; widespread poaching |
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Ecological footprint
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0.9 |
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[123rd of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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16.7% |
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[107th of 141]
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Fertiliser consumption
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3.66 hundred grams/hectare |
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[137th of 141]
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Forest area > % of land area
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19.46 % of land area
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[127th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km
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4,800 km²
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[135th of 195]
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Forest area > sq. km (per capita)
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531.109 km²
per 1,000 people |
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[163rd of 195]
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Freshwater withdrawal
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0.15 |
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[112nd of 124]
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Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural
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68% |
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[74th of 124]
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Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic
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24% |
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[35th of 124]
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Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial
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8% |
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[53rd of 124]
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Groundwater withdrawals
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0 |
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[180th of 188]
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International agreements > Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands |
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International agreements > Signed but not ratified
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Law of the Sea |
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Known breeding bird species
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200 |
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[82nd of 146]
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Known breeding bird species (per capita)
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23.6939 per 1 million people |
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[63rd of 146]
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Known mammal species
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151 |
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[61st of 145]
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Known mammal species (per capita)
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17.8889 per 1 million people |
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[51st of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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0 tons |
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[140th of 141]
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Marine fish catch (per capita)
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0 tons per 1,000 people |
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[140th of 141]
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Non-wildness
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0.18% |
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[129th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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0.32 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[51st of 141]
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Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day
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1,623.7 kg/day
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[99th of 115]
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Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker
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0.25 kg per day per worker
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[19th of 115]
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PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter
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36.73 mcg/m³
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[102nd of 185]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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154 |
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[155th of 199]
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Protected area
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14.7 |
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[23rd of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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490 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[79th of 141]
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SO2 exports
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1,838.69 hundred metric tons |
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[44th of 141]
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Threatened species
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17 |
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[107th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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9 |
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[98th of 160]
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Total renewable water resources
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5.2 cu km |
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[18th of 31]
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Urban NO2 concentration
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62.88 micrograms/m3 |
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[36th of 141]
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Urban SO2 concentration
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102.81 micrograms/m3 |
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[25th of 141]
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Water > Availability
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0.95 thousand cubic metres |
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[108th of 141]
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Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
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6.62 mls/litre |
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[100th of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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0.49 mls/litre |
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[35th of 141]
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Water > Salinisation
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609.09 |
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[70th of 141]
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Water > Severe water stress
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0 |
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[138th of 140]
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Water > Suspended solids
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5.77 mls/litre |
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[47th of 141]
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Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions
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11.18 %
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[16th of 114]
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Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions
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0.23 %
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[41st of 112]
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Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions
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75.65 %
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[12th of 114]
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Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions
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1.33 %
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[80th of 107]
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Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions
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6.03 %
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[88th of 111]
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Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions
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2.36 %
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[99th of 114]
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Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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3.22 %
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[23rd of 114]
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Wildness
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2.42% |
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[79th of 141]
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SOURCES: Stockholm Environment Institute at York, Acidification in Developing Countries: Ecosystem Sensitivity and the Critical Loads Approach at the Global scale, 2000 via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; 2000 IUCN Red List, and World Resources Institute,World Resources 2000-2001, Washington, DC: WRI, 2000. Original sources: World Conservation Monitoring Center, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.; 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 Bank, World Development Indicators 2001. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001. via ciesin.org; ; FAOSTAT on-line database; Wild Areas Project (WAP), joint Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and CIESIN project to map the last wild places on the earth's surface. Accessed via ciesin.org; 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; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, RAINS-ASIA and Co-operative Programme formonitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Resources Institute, World Resources 1998-99; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2000; WHO,Air Management Information System-AMIS 2.0, 1998; and Global Urban Observatory, Citibase, 1999. via ciesin.org; 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; 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; Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org; 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
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