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{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Procedures - Registering property (Doing Business)",
    "description": "This indicator measures the number of proceduresnecessary for a business. Doing Business records the full sequence of procedures necessary for a business (the buyer) to purchase a property from another business (the seller) and to transfer the property title to the buyers name so that the buyer can use the property for expanding its business, use the property as collateral in taking new loans or, if necessary, sell the property to another business. It also measures the time and cost to complete each of these procedures. Doing Business also measures the quality of the land administration system in each economy. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the buyer or the seller, their agents (if an agent is legally or in practice required) with external parties, including government agencies, inspectors, notaries and lawyers. Interactions between company officers and employees are not considered. All procedures that are legally or in practice required for registering property are recorded, even if they may be avoided in exceptional cases (table 1). If a procedure can be accelerated legally for an additional cost, the fastest procedure is chosen if that option is more benecial to the economys distance to frontier score and if is used by the majority of property owners. Although the buyer may use lawyers or other professionals where necessary in the registration process, it is assumed that the buyer does not employ an outside facilitator in the registration process unless legally or in practice required to do so.",
    "id": "WB-DB-RP.PROC",
    "dataset": "WB-DB",
    "measurement_unit": "Number",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "land registration;",
    "related_themes": "Land Stakeholders & Institutions;Land & Investments;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-DB-RP.PROC"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Average precipitation (mm per year)",
    "description": "Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country, measured in millimeter per year. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid. The agriculture sector is the most water-intensive sector, and water delivery in agriculture is increasingly important. Data on irrigated agricultural land and data on average precipitation illustrate how countries obtain water for agricultural use. (Source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=AG.LND.PRCP.MM)",
    "id": "WB-AG.LND.PRCP.MM",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "environment;climate change;water management;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-AG.LND.PRCP.MM"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Bird species, threatened",
    "description": "Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known. Birds are listed for countries included within their breeding or wintering ranges. The number of threatened species is an important measure of the immediate need for conservation in an area. Global analyses of the status of threatened species have been carried out for few groups of organisms. Only for mammals, birds, and amphibians has the status of virtually all known species been assessed. Threatened species are defined using the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) classification: endangered (in danger of extinction and unlikely to survive if causal factors continue operating) and vulnerable (likely to move into the endangered category in the near future if causal factors continue operating). The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. (source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=EN.BIR.THRD.NO).",
    "id": "WB-EN.BIR.THRD.NO",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "environment;climate change;protected areas;nature reserves;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-EN.BIR.THRD.NO"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Fish species, threatened",
    "description": "Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known. Fish species are based on Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2008. The number of threatened species is an important measure of the immediate need for conservation in an area. Global analyses of the status of threatened species have been carried out for few groups of organisms. Only for mammals, birds, and amphibians has the status of virtually all known species been assessed. Threatened species are defined using the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) classification: endangered (in danger of extinction and unlikely to survive if causal factors continue operating) and vulnerable (likely to move into the endangered category in the near future if causal factors continue operating). The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. (source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=EN.FSH.THRD.NO)",
    "id": "WB-EN.FSH.THRD.NO",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "environment;fisheries;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-EN.FSH.THRD.NO"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters)",
    "description": "This indicator measures the proportion of marine protected areas as a share of the total territorial waters in a country. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. As threats to biodiversity mount, the international community is increasingly focusing on conserving diversity. Deforestation is a major cause of loss of biodiversity, and habitat conservation is vital for stemming this loss. Conservation efforts have focused on protecting areas of high biodiversity. Increasing the proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected helps defend vulnerable plant and animal species and safeguard biodiversity. (Source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS)",
    "id": "WB-ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "environment;protected areas;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-ER.MRN.PTMR.ZS"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Plant species (higher plants), threatened",
    "description": "Threatened species are the number of species classified by the IUCN as endangered, vulnerable, rare, indeterminate, out of danger, or insufficiently known. Higher plants are native vascular plant species. The number of threatened species is an important measure of the immediate need for conservation in an area. Global analyses of the status of threatened species have been carried out for few groups of organisms. Only for mammals, birds, and amphibians has the status of virtually all known species been assessed. Threatened species are defined using the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) classification: endangered (in danger of extinction and unlikely to survive if causal factors continue operating) and vulnerable (likely to move into the endangered category in the near future if causal factors continue operating). The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. (source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=EN.HPT.THRD.NO).",
    "id": "WB-EN.HPT.THRD.NO",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "environment;protected areas;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-EN.HPT.THRD.NO"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)",
    "description": "This indicator measures the proportion of terrestrial and marine protected areas as a share of the total territorial area, including territorial waters, in a country. Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment. Sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) defines a protected area as \"a clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values\". Protected areas remain the fundamental building blocks of virtually all national and international conservation strategies, supported by governments and international institutions. They provide the core of efforts to protect the world's threatened species and are increasingly recognized as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources. Some sites are owned and managed by governments, others by private individuals, companies, communities and faith groups. Currently about a tenth of the world's land surface is under some form of protected area, (Source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS)",
    "id": "WB-ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "environment;protected areas;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-ER.PTD.TOTL.ZS"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)",
    "description": "This indicator measures the proportion of terrestrial protected areas as a share of the total land area in a country. Terrestrial protected areas are totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated by national authorities as scientific reserves with limited public access, national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes, and areas managed mainly for sustainable use. Marine areas, unclassified areas, littoral (intertidal) areas, and sites protected under local or provincial law are excluded. As threats to biodiversity mount, the international community is increasingly focusing on conserving diversity. Deforestation is a major cause of loss of biodiversity, and habitat conservation is vital for stemming this loss. Conservation efforts have focused on protecting areas of high biodiversity. Increasing the proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected helps defend vulnerable plant and animal species and safeguard biodiversity. (Source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=ER.LND.PTLD.ZS)",
    "id": "WB-ER.LND.PTLD.ZS",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "environment;protected areas;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-ER.LND.PTLD.ZS"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Coal rents (% of GDP)",
    "description": "This indicator measures coal rents as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) of a given country. Coal rents are the difference between the value of both hard and soft coal production at world prices and their total costs of production. Accounting for the contribution of natural resources to economic output is important in building an analytical framework for sustainable development. In some countries earnings from natural resources, especially from fossil fuels and minerals, account for a sizable share of GDP, and much of these earnings come in the form of economic rents - revenues above the cost of extracting the resources. Natural resources give rise to economic rents because they are not produced. For produced goods and services competitive forces expand supply until economic profits are driven to zero, but natural resources in fixed supply often command returns well in excess of their cost of production. Rents from nonrenewable resources - fossil fuels and minerals - as well as rents from overharvesting of forests indicate the liquidation of a country's capital stock. When countries use such rents to support current consumption rather than to invest in new capital to replace what is being used up, they are, in effect, borrowing against their future. (Source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=NY.GDP.COAL.RT.ZS)",
    "id": "WB-NY.GDP.COAL.RT.ZS",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "land use;mining;natural resources management;extractive industries;",
    "related_themes": "Socio-Economic & Institutional Context;Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-NY.GDP.COAL.RT.ZS"
}

{
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Mineral rents (% of GDP)",
    "description": "This indicator measures mineral rents as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) of a given country. Mineral rents are the difference between the value of production for a stock of minerals at world prices and their total costs of production. Minerals included in the calculation are tin, gold, lead, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, silver, bauxite, and phosphate. Accounting for the contribution of natural resources to economic output is important in building an analytical framework for sustainable development. In some countries earnings from natural resources, especially from fossil fuels and minerals, account for a sizable share of GDP, and much of these earnings come in the form of economic rents - revenues above the cost of extracting the resources. Natural resources give rise to economic rents because they are not produced. For produced goods and services competitive forces expand supply until economic profits are driven to zero, but natural resources in fixed supply often command returns well in excess of their cost of production. Rents from nonrenewable resources - fossil fuels and minerals - as well as rents from overharvesting of forests indicate the liquidation of a country's capital stock. When countries use such rents to support current consumption rather than to invest in new capital to replace what is being used up, they are, in effect, borrowing against their future. (Source: http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&type=metadata&series=NY.GDP.MINR.RT.ZS)",
    "id": "WB-NY.GDP.MINR.RT.ZS",
    "dataset": "WB-ENV",
    "measurement_unit": "",
    "picture": "",
    "related_landvoc_concepts": "mining;natural resources management;extractive industries;",
    "related_themes": "Land, Climate Change & Environment;",
    "related_overarching_categories": ""
  }
}

{
  "source_url": "WB-NY.GDP.MINR.RT.ZS"
}