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Acidification	0%		[51st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.35 % of GNI		[93rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.31 % of GNI		[33rd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.36 % of GNI		[82nd of 165]
Areas under protection	110		[42nd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	5.48218 per 1 million people		[58th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	36 thousand hectares		[77th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	1.79417 thousand hectares per 1		[76th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	5.6%		[29th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.38 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[117th of 141]
CFC consumption	3,420.18		[48th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.170455 per 1,000 people		[50th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	11,182.2		[84th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.557299 per 1,000 people		[127th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.14 kg/PPP$		[140th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	10,300.36 kt		[91st of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.535 kt per 1,000 people		[147th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[13th of 75]
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by poaching and urbanization; coastal degradation from mining activities and increased pollution; freshwater resources being polluted by industrial wastes and sewage runoff; waste disposal; air pollution in Colombo
Ecological footprint	0.95		[116th of 141]
Endangered species protection	70%		[69th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.3		[58th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	2,682.72 hundred grams/hectare		[22nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	29.91 % of land area		[94th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	19,330 km²		[107th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	984.949 km² per 1,000 people		[147th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	12.61		[34th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	95%		[16th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	2%		[115th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	2%		[87th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[93rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species	126		[126th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	6.27959 per 1 million people		[117th of 146]
Known mammal species	88		[94th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	4.38575 per 1 million people		[109th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	13		[28th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.647894 per 1 million people		[42nd of 95]
Marine fish catch	241,030 tons		[40th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	12.0125 tons per 1,000 people		[42nd of 141]
Non-wildness	16.9%		[19th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.15 thousand metric tons/squ		[108th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	78,431.45 kg/day		[26th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.18 kg per day per worker		[33rd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	103.8 mcg/m³		[15th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	2,360		[93rd of 199]
Protected area	13.3		[27th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	210 thousand metric tons/squ		[95th of 141]
SO2 exports	81.5 hundred metric tons		[134th of 141]
Threatened species	43		[43rd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	14		[52nd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	50 cu km		[15th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	10.27 micrograms/m3		[137th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	24.57 micrograms/m3		[96th of 141]
Water > Availability	1.62 thousand cubic metres		[90th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.64 mls/litre		[98th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.1 mls/litre		[120th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	731.02		[58th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	39.5		[40th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.81 mls/litre		[46th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.6 %		[47th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.25 %		[30th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	51.53 %		[30th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.51 %		[57th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.18 %		[51st of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.2 %		[55th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	31.64 %		[5th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.09 %		[53rd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	8 thousand hectares		[100th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.398704 thousand hectares per 1 m		[106th of 112]
Wildness	0%		[117th of 141]

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