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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	4.88 % of GNI		[5th of 57]
Areas under protection	52		[68th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	0.44 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[112nd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	3,085.1		[116th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents
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	1.86		[76th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[116th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	28.98 % of land area		[96th 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	7,940 km²		[127th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	68		[121st of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.07 thousand metric tons/squ		[133rd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	413		[137th 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	2.8		[103rd of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	600 thousand metric tons/squ		[67th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	20		[92nd 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	2		[153rd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	4.09 thousand cubic metres		[58th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.27 tons/cubic km		[49th of 69]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.66 %		[85th of 114]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org
Wildness	0.32%		[97th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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