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Acidification	0%		[48th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.57 % of GNI		[56th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.59 % of GNI		[6th of 165]
Areas under protection	320		[25th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	8.09348 per 1 million people		[48th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[39th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	2,848 thousand hectares		[18th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	72.032 thousand hectares per 1		[33rd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	4.24%		[44th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.82 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[92nd of 141]
CFC consumption	31,916.4		[29th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.807233 per 1,000 people		[37th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	138,983		[25th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	3.51517 per 1,000 people		[67th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.3 kg/PPP$		[87th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	127,483.4 kt		[31st of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	3.354 kt per 1,000 people		[87th of 196]
Current issues environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution; note: Argentina is a world leader in setting voluntary greenhouse gas targets
Ecological footprint	3.79		[44th of 141]
Endangered species protection	88.9%		[33rd of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.07		[63rd of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	323.8 hundred grams/hectare		[90th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	12.07 % of land area		[140th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	330,210 km²		[19th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	8,522.175 km² per 1,000 people		[54th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	29.19		[22nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	74%		[60th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	17%		[54th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	9%		[46th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	180.4		[25th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species	362		[16th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	9.15575 per 1 million people		[105th of 146]
Known mammal species	320		[13th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	8.09348 per 1 million people		[91st of 145]
Marine areas under protection	26		[18th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.657595 per 1 million people		[41st of 95]
Marine fish catch	634,190 tons		[21st of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	16.04 tons per 1,000 people		[34th of 141]
Non-wildness	2.86%		[73rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.11 thousand metric tons/squ		[119th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	164,309.1 kg/day		[19th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.23 kg per day per worker		[14th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	77.94 mcg/m³		[31st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	37,609		[25th of 199]
Protected area	1.7		[119th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	150 thousand metric tons/squ		[109th of 141]
SO2 exports	2,893.04 hundred metric tons		[17th of 141]
Threatened species	90		[20th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	27		[28th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	814 cu km		[6th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	56.79 micrograms/m3		[52nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	1.02 micrograms/m3		[140th of 141]
Water > Availability	7.65 thousand cubic metres		[45th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	10 mls/litre		[22nd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.04 mls/litre		[133rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	113.68		[135th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	23.3		[49th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.77 mls/litre		[78th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.58 %		[32nd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.13 %		[57th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	58.88 %		[18th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.6 %		[33rd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.49 %		[40th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	14.59 %		[32nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.59 %		[40th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.15 %		[51st of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	2,670 thousand hectares		[9th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	67.53 thousand hectares per 1 m		[21st of 112]
Wildness	35.99%		[31st of 141]

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