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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.49 % of GNI		[67th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.16 % of GNI		[15th of 57]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.67 % of GNI		[51st of 165]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Areas under protection	3		[135th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions	622.5		[144th of 178]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 emissions > kt	699.63 kt		[158th of 195]
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
Coral reefs > Area	3,260 sq km		[7th of 28]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Current issues deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare
Source: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
Forest area > % of land area	15.39 % of land area		[132nd of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km	15,540 km²		[112nd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal	0.3		[101st of 124]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	0%		[118th of 124]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known breeding bird species	138		[122nd of 146]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known mammal species	112		[77th of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	84.69 mcg/m³		[28th of 185]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	159		[154th of 199]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Protected area	5		[78th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species	12		[126th of 158]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	6		[116th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Total renewable water resources	6.3 cu km		[16th of 31]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas

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