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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.58 % of GNI		[54th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.03 % of GNI		[153rd of 165]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Areas under protection	53		[67th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions	827		[139th of 178]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 emissions > kt	780.22 kt		[156th of 195]
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
Coral reefs > Area	1,330 sq km		[12th of 28]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Current issues deforestation; water pollution from sewage, industrial effluents, agricultural runoff; solid and sewage waste disposal
Source: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
Forest area > % of land area	72.47 % of land area		[11th of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km	16,530 km²		[110th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	73%		[2nd of 124]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known breeding bird species	161		[109th of 146]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known mammal species	125		[71st of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	169		[153rd of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Protected area	20.9		[10th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species	16		[113rd of 158]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	5		[127th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.34 %		[100th of 114]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.63 %		[99th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.42 %		[68th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.38 %		[11th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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