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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.12 % of GNI		[156th of 179]
CO2 Emissions	211.8		[163rd of 178]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.06 kg/PPP$		[155th of 170]
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
CO2 emissions > kt	142.86 kt		[187th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Current issues soil erosion; deforestation due to demand for wood used as fuel; water shortages; desertification; environmental damage has threatened several species of birds and reptiles; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area	20.84 % of land area		[124th of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km	840 km²		[160th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal	0.02		[124th of 124]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	2%		[96th of 124]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	95.93 kg/day		[111st of 115]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.21 kg per day per worker		[37th of 115]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	38		[181st of 199]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Threatened species	8		[138th of 158]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species > Mammal	0		[162nd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.23 %		[21st of 114]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.39 %		[12th of 112]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	22.25 %		[106th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	60.04 %		[2nd of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.31 %		[74th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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