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Biodiversity richness	3		[7th of 53]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	55,333		[22nd 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).
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	69		[22nd of 25]
DEFINITION: Includes carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal, and the flaring of natural gas.
SOURCE: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP)	0.011975 per $100 million		[12th of 25]
Total renewable water resources	67 cu km		[18th of 31]
SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001		View time series

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SOURCES: ; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Taiwan, taiwan (china, republic of), chinese taipei, T'ai-wan, China, Taiwan, Taiwan (People's Republic of China), Taiwan (Peo. Rep. of China), Taiwan, China