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Acidification	0%		[128th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.23 % of GNI		[129th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.22 % of GNI		[39th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.31 % of GNI		[90th of 165]
Areas under protection	130		[40th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	32.3705 per 1 million people		[22nd of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	729 thousand hectares		[43rd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	181.524 thousand hectares per 1		[16th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	2.17%		[74th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[111st of 141]
CFC consumption	11,103.2		[39th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	2.76473 per 1,000 people		[23rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	5,223		[102nd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	1.30055 per 1,000 people		[100th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.17 kg/PPP$		[132nd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	6,329.66 kt		[106th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	1.516 kt per 1,000 people		[112nd of 196]
Current issues deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution
Ecological footprint	2.77		[55th of 141]
Endangered species protection	83.3%		[49th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.59		[28th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	8,795.56 hundred grams/hectare		[2nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	46.83 % of land area		[48th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	23,910 km²		[97th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	5,525.477 km² per 1,000 people		[74th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	2.68		[60th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	53%		[97th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	29%		[26th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	17%		[28th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[176th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species	279		[27th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	69.4721 per 1 million people		[22nd of 146]
Known mammal species	205		[36th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	51.0458 per 1 million people		[15th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	14		[26th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	3.48606 per 1 million people		[9th of 95]
Marine fish catch	19,838 tons		[78th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	4.93974 tons per 1,000 people		[61st of 141]
Non-wildness	8.41%		[43rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.03 thousand metric tons/squ		[140th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	31,235.56 kg/day		[33rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.22 kg per day per worker		[9th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	39.3 mcg/m³		[89th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,670		[100th of 199]
Protected area	13.7		[25th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	380 thousand metric tons/squ		[83rd of 141]
SO2 exports	1,086.85 hundred metric tons		[79th of 141]
Threatened species	44		[42nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	14		[55th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	112.4 cu km		[15th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	45.75 micrograms/m3		[84th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	38.84 micrograms/m3		[79th of 141]
Water > Availability	23.35 thousand cubic metres		[22nd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.12 mls/litre		[85th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.36 tons/cubic km		[47th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.34 mls/litre		[74th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,359.25		[26th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[135th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.33 mls/litre		[92nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.18 %		[32nd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.14 %		[40th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	65.69 %		[7th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.64 %		[39th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.86 %		[33rd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.97 %		[37th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.22 %		[27th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.31 %		[42nd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	313 thousand hectares		[40th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	77.9382 thousand hectares per 1 m		[18th of 112]
Wildness	0.02%		[112nd of 141]

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