North America

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North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. It covers an area of about 24,490,000 square kilometers (9,450,000 sq mi), about 4.8% of the planet's surface or about 16.4% of its land area. As of October 2006, its population was estimated at over 514,600,000. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and is fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. 
=== Places, projects and networks ===
=== Resources ===
*UNEP, Latin America and the Caribbean, Atlas of our changing environment 
*More than half the Caribbean’s population lives within a mile of the coast and a recent World Bank report listed six countries in the region as among the most vulnerable to rising seas: Suriname, Guyana, Jamaica, Belize, the Bahamas and Haiti. Source: Repeating Islands, August 26, 2009
=== Related topics ===
*Climate change and risk of insecurity - 
*Guidelines for including Projects 
*Sustainability networks, general article, including action ideas, within the Ideas Bank
*:category:Education 
*Students & sustainability
*Elders and sustainability
*Faith groups and sustainability
* Diary international
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