Namibia

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Land Area

  Flag: Namibia
total: 824,292 sq km
country comparison to the world: 34
land: 823,290 sq km
water: 1,002 sq km
Population
2,108,665
country comparison to the world: 143
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.
Gross Domestic Product (GDPi)
$13.28 billion (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 136
$12.9 billion (2007 est.)
$12.23 billion (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Human Development Index (HDIi) 0.686 (128)
Happy Planet Index (HPIi) 21.1 (140)
Development Statusi  UMCi, IBRDi
  The World Factbook 2009. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2009.
Basel Conventioni Focal Point Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Name  
Surname  
Address  Private Bag 13306
City  Windoek
Tel  +264 61 24 90 15
Fax  +264 61 24 03 39
Email  
   
International Conventions  
Basel Convention BC – 15.05.95 (Accessioni)
Rotterdam Conventioni 24.06.05 (Ratifiedi)
Stockholm Conventioni 24.06.05 (Ratified)
Other Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAsi)
  •  UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - www.unccd.int
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - www.unfccc.int  
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - www.cbd.int  
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (PDF)
  • The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands  - www.ramsar.org  
  • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (PDF)
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) - www.cites.org 
   
   
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