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Areas under protection	35		[74th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	5.94 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[2nd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	29,489.7		[67th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
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
Ecological footprint	2.18		[70th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[118th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	11.32 % of land area		[145th of 195]
Source: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000
Forest area > sq. km	9,360 km²		[120th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	99		[85th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[117th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area	0.29 thousand metric tons/squ		[55th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	9,178		[63rd of 199]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Protected area	5.5		[75th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,680 thousand metric tons/squ		[37th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	33		[63rd of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal	11		[72nd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	0.79 thousand cubic metres		[112nd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.27 mls/litre		[58th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.93 %		[28th of 114]
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001
Wildness	0.28%		[98th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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