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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.56 % of GNI		[59th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.27 % of GNI		[101st of 165]
CO2 Emissions	19,886.7		[72nd of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt	21,307.67 kt		[77th of 195]
Coral reefs > Area	610 sq km		[20th of 28]
Current issues water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation
Forest area > % of land area	28.44 % of land area		[99th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	13,760 km²		[114th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	2%		[91st of 124]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	6,352		[70th of 199]
Protected area	31.5		[4th of 147]
Threatened species	28		[70th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[133rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	21 cu km		[20th of 31]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.5 %		[86th of 114]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	90.02 %		[2nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.89 %		[74th of 94]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.6 %		[94th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.28 %		[95th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.3 %		[101st of 114]

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• The total area of Australia’s coral reefs is greater than the total area of any of 130 individual countries, including Slovakia, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Singapore, and Rwanda.

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