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How Wild is North America

HOW WILD IS NORTH AMERICA? the big wild.org Facts about our continent's wildness, and our impact on our wilderness. This graphic comes from http://thebigwild.org/infographic. POPULATION ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT Relative population of animals in North America In hectares per person • 1 human 12.22 USA 7.66 1 beaver 66 humans Canada 2.69 Mexico 1 bald eagle 5,035 humans BIG & SMALL. North America's smallest 1 grizzly bear 9,260 humans and largest mammals American Bison length: 10ft weight: 2,200lbs American Pygmy Shrew length: 5cm weight: 2.5g 1 orca 210,000 humans WILDNESS WATER Percentage of land (mostly) untouched by human activity Water availabilty and consumption per capita Availability I Consumption 82% Canada 84,510m3 E1,400m Canada 36% USA -7,090m3 -3,470m³ 1,700m -750m³ 18% USA Mexico Mexico CANADA'S ROLE Canada accounts for significant portions of the globe's natural resources 20% global fresh water 24% 24% global wild forests global wetlands SOURCES: Wild Areas Project (WAP), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), CIESIN, WWF, Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, Wikipedia, CPAWS and OECD Factbook

How Wild is North America

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This infographic provides information about America's Wilderness. It shows what our environmental footprint there is, the number and kinds of wildlife and information about its ecology.

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