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Areas under protection	5		[132nd of 146]
Carbon efficiency	1.11 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[72nd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	3,669.1		[109th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; the energy crisis of the 1990s led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone
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	1.16		[99th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[123rd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	10.04 % of land area		[148th 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	2,830 km²		[147th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	84		[98th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.45 thousand metric tons/squ		[38th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	840		[118th 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	7.6		[54th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,290 thousand metric tons/squ		[27th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	18		[101st 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	4		[136th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	1.12 thousand cubic metres		[105th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.3 mls/litre		[80th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water > Freshwater pollution	2.14 tons/cubic km		[23rd of 69]
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
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.41 %		[79th 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	2.5%		[77th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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