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Acidification	0%		[120th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.41 % of GNI		[80th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	3.16 % of GNI		[5th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.11 % of GNI		[133rd of 165]
Areas under protection	10		[115th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	4.48029 per 1 million people		[65th of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	2.68%		[66th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.09 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[75th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	388.4		[153rd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.174014 per 1,000 people		[149th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kt	384.61 kt		[171st of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.626 kt per 1,000 people		[143rd of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	4.5		[1st of 75]
Current issues soil erosion; limited access to potable water
Ecological footprint	0.79		[134th of 141]
Endangered species protection	0%		[134th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	7.14 hundred grams/hectare		[134th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	67.98 % of land area		[15th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	31,950 km²		[87th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	50,185.506 km² per 1,000 people		[12th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.43		[95th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	94%		[21st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	5%		[97th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	1%		[111st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[165th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Law of the Sea
Known breeding bird species	209		[69th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	93.638 per 1 million people		[19th of 146]
Known mammal species	160		[59th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	71.6846 per 1 million people		[12th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[134th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[134th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.06%		[135th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.07 thousand metric tons/squ		[134th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	786.42 kg/day		[100th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.15 kg per day per worker		[84th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	25.69 mcg/m³		[132nd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	105		[166th of 199]
Protected area	21.2		[9th of 147]
Snow Leopard > Estimated Population			[2nd of 11]
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.	15,000		[10th of 11]
SO2 emissions per populated area	30 thousand metric tons/squ		[141st of 141]
SO2 exports	4.12 hundred metric tons		[141st of 141]
Threatened species	36		[58th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	20		[36th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	95 cu km		[9th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	42.04 micrograms/m3		[96th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	81.22 micrograms/m3		[37th of 141]
Water > Availability	14.08 thousand cubic metres		[34th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.26 mls/litre		[108th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.13 mls/litre		[115th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	315.59		[106th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[129th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.03 mls/litre		[72nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.4 %		[16th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.67 %		[4th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	54.91 %		[39th of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.64 %		[94th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.28 %		[68th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.59 %		[84th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	18.52 %		[2nd of 114]
Wildness	1.76%		[84th of 141]

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