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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.24 % of GNI		[37th of 57]
Areas under protection	35		[75th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	1.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[56th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	127,130		[27th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources
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	1.7		[81st of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	19%		[106th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	0.07 % of land area		[194th 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	670 km²		[162nd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	98		[86th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	2.18 thousand metric tons/squ		[6th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	33,730		[29th 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	0.8		[129th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	4,090 thousand metric tons/squ		[13th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	33		[64th 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	15		[51st of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	-0.24 thousand cubic metres		[133rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	3.58 tons/cubic km		[16th 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	0.59 %		[47th 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	70.06%		[10th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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