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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.26 % of GNI		[35th of 57]
Areas under protection	23		[85th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	2		[33rd of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	0.12 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[138th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	536		[149th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Coral reefs > Area	50 sq km		[28th of 28]
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
Current issues illegal logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for gems in the western region along the border with Thailand have resulted in habitat loss and declining biodiversity (in particular, destruction of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas, most of the population does not have access to potable water; declining fish stocks because of illegal fishing and overfishing
Source: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
Ecological footprint	0.83		[130th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[130th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	59.18 % of land area		[24th 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	104,470 km²		[50th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	123		[72nd of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	184		[150th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Protected area	16.2		[18th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	180 thousand metric tons/squ		[102nd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	55		[36th 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	23		[32nd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	9.92 thousand cubic metres		[42nd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.76 %		[8th of 114]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	12.16%		[61st of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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