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Acidification	0%		[125th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.13 % of GNI		[153rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.42 % of GNI		[71st of 165]
Areas under protection	14		[100th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	3.30345 per 1 million people		[74th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	1,640 thousand hectares		[26th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	386.975 thousand hectares per 1		[9th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	0.56%		[128th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.17 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[133rd of 141]
CFC consumption	0		[105th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0 per 1,000 people		[105th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	285.8		[158th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.0674375 per 1,000 people		[165th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.06 kg/PPP$		[154th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	252.75 kt		[178th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.064 kt per 1,000 people		[187th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[60th of 75]
Current issues tap water is not potable; poaching has diminished the country's reputation as one of the last great wildlife refuges; desertification; deforestation
Ecological footprint	1.12		[105th of 141]
Endangered species protection	47.4%		[94th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	3.11 hundred grams/hectare		[138th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	36.53 % of land area		[70th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	227,550 km²		[24th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	56,355.685 km² per 1,000 people		[10th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.03		[120th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	4%		[123rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	80%		[3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	16%		[31st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[170th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Law of the Sea
Known breeding bird species	168		[104th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	39.6413 per 1 million people		[37th of 146]
Known mammal species	209		[35th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	49.3157 per 1 million people		[16th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[137th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[137th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.21%		[124th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.61 thousand metric tons/squ		[30th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	669.89 kg/day		[110th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.17 kg per day per worker		[70th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	47.63 mcg/m³		[67th of 185]
Protected area	8.2		[49th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	290 thousand metric tons/squ		[90th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,902.93 hundred metric tons		[41st of 141]
Threatened species	14		[121st of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	11		[79th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	144.4 cu km		[7th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	45.32 micrograms/m3		[86th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	71.5 micrograms/m3		[44th of 141]
Water > Availability	37.41 thousand cubic metres		[13th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.29 mls/litre		[130th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.35 mls/litre		[69th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,242.78		[30th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[133rd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.82 mls/litre		[76th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.99 %		[92nd of 114]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	62.02 %		[29th of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.55 %		[95th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.89 %		[90th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	13.81 %		[49th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	19.58 %		[1st of 114]
Wildness	51.5%		[19th of 141]

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