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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.43 % of GNI		[35th of 57]
Areas under protection	903		[14th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	2.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[24th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	59,560.5		[45th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine
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	5.27		[32nd of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	50%		[92nd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	38.05 % of land area		[69th 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	78,940 km²		[61st of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	74		[118th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[139th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area	0.2 thousand metric tons/squ		[86th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	15,729		[46th 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	4.2		[92nd of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	950 thousand metric tons/squ		[54th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	14		[122nd 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		[144th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	2.79 thousand cubic metres		[71st of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.81 mls/litre		[42nd of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	0%		[138th of 141]
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

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