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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.22 % of GNI		[39th of 57]
Areas under protection	130		[40th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	0.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[111st of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	5,223		[102nd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
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
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	2.77		[55th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	83.3%		[49th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	46.83 % of land area		[48th 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	23,910 km²		[97th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	205		[36th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.03 thousand metric tons/squ		[140th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,670		[100th 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	13.7		[25th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	380 thousand metric tons/squ		[83rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	44		[42nd 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	14		[55th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	23.35 thousand cubic metres		[22nd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.36 tons/cubic km		[47th 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	1.31 %		[42nd 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	0.02%		[112nd of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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