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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.09 % of GNI		[161st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.01 % of GNI		[18th of 57]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.67 % of GNI		[50th of 165]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Areas under protection	7		[124th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions	915.3		[138th of 178]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 emissions > kt	703.3 kt		[157th of 195]
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
Current issues limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area	1.33 % of land area		[181st of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km	8,670 km²		[124th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known breeding bird species	181		[96th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	119		[73rd of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	263		[146th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Protected area	0.03		[147th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Snow Leopard > Estimated Population			[3rd of 11]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.	50,000		[8th of 11]
Source: Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
Threatened species	27		[76th of 158]
Source: Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
Threatened species > Mammal	11		[80th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	17.5 %		[3rd of 114]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	13.19 %		[17th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.12 %		[82nd of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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