MEDITERRANEAN ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT TRENDS Carbon ForestFishing Ground Grazing Land Cropland

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Population Biocapacity per hectare (Biocapacity density) Area Biocapacity per capita

Population Ecological Footprint - Total Ecological Footprint per capita

GNI per capita Exports per capita Non-carbon Carbon

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Built-up Land CroplandForest Land Fishing Grounds Grazing Land

Built-up Land CroplandForest Land Fishing Grounds Grazing Land Carbon

Population Biocapacity per hectare (Biocapacity density) Area Biocapacity per capita

Population Ecological Footprint - Total Ecological Footprint per capita

GNI per capita Exports per capita Non-carbon Carbon

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Built-up Land CroplandForest Land Fishing Grounds Grazing Land Carbon

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Population Ecological Footprint - Total Ecological Footprint per capita

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SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

2004 U.S. Economic Sanctions 1961 Coup

1970 Ba’ath Republic formed1963 Coup

1966 Coup 1990 Gulf War

Figure SY-1: Ecological Footprint per capita in Syria by component, 1961-2008

Figure SY-2: Contributing drivers of Syria’s Ecological Footprint, 1961-2008

Figure SY-3: Biocapacity per capita in Syria by component 1961-2008

Figure SY-4: Contributing drivers of Syria’s biocapacity, 1961-2008

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EF per capita [gha ] 1.45 1.45 0%· EF Carbon 0.71 0.46 56%

BC per capita [gha ] 0.57 1.10 -48%EC deficit per capita [gha ] 0.93 0.70 33%

· deficit Forest land 0.72 0.40 79%GNI per capita [constant 2000 $US ]

- 792 n/a

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- 0.05 n/a

GDP per capita [constant 2000 $US ]

1,430 909 57%

Export earnings [constant 2000 $US]

563 176 220%

Population ['000 ] 19,638 7,546 160%· 0 - 14 7,467 3,640 105%· 15 - 64 11,420 3,629 215%· > 64 751 277 171%

HDI 0.629 0.548 15%

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References:

Global Footprint Network (GFN), 2012. National Footprint Accounts 2011 Edition. Available at: www.footprintnetwork.org.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2011. Human Development Report 2011.

World Bank. 2012. World Development Indicators. Available at: data.worldbank.org

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Figure SY-9: Syria’s population by age group, 1961-2010Figure SY-7: Syria’s GDP by component, GNI, and ratio of national GNI per capita to world total GNI, 1961-2008

Figure SY-6: Syria’s per capita ecological deficit by contributing land-use type, 1961-2008

Figure SY-5: Syria’s per capita ecological deficit, 1961-2008

Figure SY-8: Ecological Footprint and HDI for all countries, with Syria’s trend for 1980-2008

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