Mali

Location

West Africa, South West of Algeria, landlocked

National websites

Address of Embassy / Chancery in U.S.

2130 R street NW

Washington DC, 20008

Agencies (with addresses) responsible for biological inventory and conservation

Statistics

Land area

1,220,000 Sq. km

From CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publication/factbook/ma.html

Area of territorial waters

20,000 Sq. km

CIA World Factbook

Population

CIA World Factbook

Population Density

8.286/Sq. km

Area protected (sq. km) at the six different IUCN levels

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Kinds of habitat protected

 For Forests, see http://www.wcmc.org.uk/forest/data

For Wetlands http://www.iucn.org/themes/wetlands/africandirectory.htm

Biological inventory

Information unavailable

 http://www.wri.org/

Species listed on CITES Appendix I

 http://www.wcmc.org.uk/CITES/english/fauna.htm then search for all species, Mali, and the appropriate appendix

Species listed on CITES Appendix II

 The Flora database isn't available yet

Lists of recent and historical species extinctions

 Http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/animals/animal_redlist.html 

Legislation

Laws protecting endangered or threatened species

Laws protecting endangered ecosystems

Signatory to CITES

http://www.wcmc.org.uk/CITES/english/parties.htm

Signatory to Ramsar Wetlands Convention

2/25/87, hectacres designated : 162,000

http://www.iucn.org/themes/ramsar/key_cp_e.htm

Signatory to Convention on Biological Diversity 

3/29/95 http://www.biodiv.org/conv/ratify.html 

Signatory to Migratory Bird Treaty

No

Member of International Whaling Commission

No Http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/iwcoffice

Signatory to other international treaties designed to protect or manage biological resources

Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection

CIA World Factbook

Non-government Organizations (NGOs), or chapters of international organizations concerned with the preservation of natural resources

Economics

National GDP

 $6 billion World Resource Institute, WRI

http://www.wri.org

GDP from Agriculture

 49%; $2.94 billion

WRI

GDP from Industry

 17% $1.02 billion

WRI

Income generated from Fisheries

 Information unavailable

Http://www.wri.org

Income generated from Forestry

 Information unavailable

Http://www.wri.org

Income generated from Ecotourism

Income generated from Trade in wildlife products

Income generated from Hunting

Income generated from other uses of natural resources

Pollution

Natural resources impacted by air pollution

 Not a major problem

http://www.selu.com

Natural resources impacted by water pollution

 Not a major problem

http://www.selu.com

Natural resources impacted by development activities

Deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, inadequate supplies of potable water

Http://www.selu.com

Natural resources impacted by introduced species

Legislation addressing these issues

Restoration and Reintroduction

Programs for restoration of damaged habitat 

Programs for ex situ conservation (captive breeding and reintroduction) of endangered species