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Biodiversity richness	1		[51st of 53]
Carbon efficiency	1.85 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[40th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
CO2 Emissions	20,705.3		[70th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
Definition: Environment > Current issues
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	2.26		[69th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	70.8%		[67th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	39.2 % of land area		[66th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
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	108,530 km²		[49th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > sq. km
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch	497,769 tons		[28th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Marine fish catch
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.21 thousand metric tons/squ		[78th of 141]
Definition: Environment > NOx emissions per populated area
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	6,350		[71st of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Protected area	43.1		[1st of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	350 thousand metric tons/squ		[86th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	117		[14th of 158]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal	28		[27th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	30.37 thousand cubic metres		[17th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.52 mls/litre		[102nd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.09 tons/cubic km		[62nd of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
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
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.3 %		[25th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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	24.93%		[43rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness
Source: World Development Indicators database

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