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Areas under protection	18		[94th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[40th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	0.22 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[130th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	3,413.4		[113rd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues waterborne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing
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	0.89		[124th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	72.2%		[65th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	45.65 % of land area		[52nd 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	212,450 km²		[28th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	409		[5th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.17 thousand metric tons/squ		[95th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,281		[109th 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	4.5		[85th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	80 thousand metric tons/squ		[128th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	80		[23rd 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	32		[21st of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	17.3 thousand cubic metres		[31st of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.05 tons/cubic km		[65th of 69]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.96 %		[10th of 114]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org
Wildness	10.46%		[63rd of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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