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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.44 % of GNI		[73rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	7.19 % of GNI		[2nd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.2 % of GNI		[112nd of 165]
Areas under protection	1		[142nd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	1.85863 per 1 million people		[90th of 146]
CO2 Emissions	170.7		[165th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.317267 per 1,000 people		[138th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.24 kg/PPP$		[108th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	179.49 kt		[183rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.395 kt per 1,000 people		[153rd of 196]
Coral reefs > Area	5,750 sq km		[3rd of 28]
Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP)	7.1875 sq km per $1 million		[3rd of 26]
Coral reefs > Area (per capita)	10.6871 sq km per 1,000 people		[4th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share	2.02%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2		[73rd of 75]
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying
Forest area > % of land area	77.6 % of land area		[7th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	21,720 km²		[102nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	45,463.87 km² per 1,000 people		[14th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[96th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	111		[136th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	206.307 per 1 million people		[6th of 146]
Known mammal species	53		[134th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	98.5071 per 1 million people		[8th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	1		[84th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	1.85863 per 1 million people		[20th of 95]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	479.46 kg/day		[100th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.28 kg per day per worker		[11th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	35.92 mcg/m³		[104th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	45		[179th of 199]
Threatened species > Mammal	20		[34th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	44.7 cu km		[10th of 31]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	86.19 %		[2nd of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.11 %		[97th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.91 %		[79th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.34 %		[97th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.45 %		[7th of 114]

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