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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.01 % of GNI		[57th of 57]
Areas under protection	73		[57th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	1.1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[74th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	125,023		[28th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues the environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation; air and water pollution also have repercussions for neighboring countries; uncertainties regarding federal and regional responsibilities (now resolved) had slowed progress in tackling environmental challenges
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	5.88		[21st of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	100%		[3rd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	22.06 % of land area		[117th 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
Known mammal species	58		[129th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Municipal waste generation	550 kgs per person per year		[11th of 17]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	28,504		[33rd of 199]
Source: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	12		[5th of 29]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	480		[16th of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Pollution > Nuclear waste	80		[10th of 16]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	2.6		[108th of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Threatened species	23		[84th of 158]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Waste generation	450 kgs per person per year		[5th of 16]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	1.19 thousand cubic metres		[102nd of 141]
Source: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.16 %		[33rd of 114]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	0%		[120th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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