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Areas under protection	321		[24th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[22nd of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	1.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[47th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	31,353.9		[65th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues air and water pollution; biodiversity loss; deforestation
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	2.1		[71st of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	88.9%		[36th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	24.7 % of land area		[111st 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	27,130 km²		[94th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	31		[138th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[99th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	6,926		[68th 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	17.4		[16th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,730 thousand metric tons/squ		[35th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	36		[55th 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	9		[96th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	2.01 thousand cubic metres		[84th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.1 mls/litre		[63rd of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.67 %		[92nd of 114]
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001
Wildness	0.91%		[87th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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