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AMERICAN SAMOAN ENVIRONMENT STATS:

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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.47 % of GNI	[57th of 179]
CO2 emissions > kt	293.04 kt	[175th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	5.141 kt per 1,000 people	[71st of 196]
Current issues limited natural fresh water resources; the water division of the government has spent substantial funds in the past few years to improve water catchments and pipelines
Forest area > % of land area	90 % of land area	[3rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	180 km²	[172nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	3,087.479 km² per 1,000 people	[95th of 195]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	78	[169th of 199]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa

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