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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.49 % of GNI		[67th of 179]
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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.16 % of GNI		[15th of 57]
DEFINITION: Net forest depletion is calculated as the product of unit resource rents and the excess of roundwood harvest over natural growth.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.67 % of GNI		[51st of 165]
DEFINITION: Particulate emissions damage is calculated as the willingness to pay to avoid mortality attributable to particulate emissions.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Areas under protection	3		[135th of 146]
DEFINITION: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions	622.5		[144th of 178]
DEFINITION: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.19 kg/PPP$		[120th of 170]
DEFINITION: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.		View time series
SOURCE: World Resources Institute. 2003. Carbon Emissions from energy use and cement manufacturing, 1850 to 2000. Available on-line through the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) at Washington, DC: World Resources Institute
CO2 emissions > kt	699.63 kt		[158th of 195]
DEFINITION: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Coral reefs > Area	3,260 sq km		[7th of 28]
DEFINITION: Reef areas have been rounded to the nearest 10 sq km, while for those countries with small areas of coral reefs, the terms less than 100, less than 50 and less than 10 sq km have been used. There are 80 countries and geographical locations with coral ree
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area	15.39 % of land area		[132nd of 195]
DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.		View time series
SOURCE: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
Forest area > sq. km	15,540 km²		[112nd of 195]
DEFINITION: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees, whether productive or not.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal	0.3		[101st of 124]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	0%		[118th of 124]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Known breeding bird species	138		[122nd of 146]
DEFINITION: Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known mammal species	112		[77th of 145]
DEFINITION: Known mammal species (1992-2002).
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	84.69 mcg/m³		[28th of 185]
DEFINITION: Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country’s technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	159		[154th of 199]
DEFINITION: 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Protected area	5		[78th of 147]
DEFINITION: Environmentally protected area (1997)
SOURCE: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species	12		[126th of 158]
DEFINITION: Number of Threatened Species (1990-99)
SOURCE: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	6		[116th of 160]
DEFINITION: Number of threatened mammal species (1997)
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Total renewable water resources	6.3 cu km		[16th of 31]
SOURCE: Jacaranda Atlas		View time series

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