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Areas under protection	73		[58th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	1.23 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[65th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	42,815.3		[56th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues water pollution, especially of lakes, from agricultural runoff
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	9.43		[6th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[126th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	9.71 % of land area		[151st 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
Known mammal species	25		[139th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Municipal waste generation	560 kgs per person per year		[9th of 17]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	11,030		[58th of 199]
Source: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	10		[11th of 29]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	560		[11th of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	0.9		[127th of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	970 thousand metric tons/squ		[52nd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	6		[147th of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Waste generation	330 kgs per person per year		[14th of 16]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	12.47 thousand cubic metres		[37th of 141]
Source: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.68 tons/cubic km		[38th 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	7.5 %		[3rd 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	0.01%		[114th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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