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Acidification	89.22%		[2nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.76 % of GNI		[42nd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.02 % of GNI		[53rd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.15 % of GNI		[120th of 165]
Areas under protection	1,789		[10th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	174.69 per 1 million people		[7th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	435 thousand hectares		[47th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	42.4763 thousand hectares per 1		[40th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	1.01%		[116th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	2.43 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[27th of 141]
CFC consumption	11.75		[97th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.00114735 per 1,000 people		[95th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	124,069		[29th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	12.115 per 1,000 people		[11th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.67 kg/PPP$		[31st of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	116,336.9 kt		[33rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	11.403 kt per 1,000 people		[22nd of 196]
Current issues air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution
Ecological footprint	6.3		[15th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[11th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	5.26		[19th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	970.48 hundred grams/hectare		[55th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	34.27 % of land area		[76th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	26,480 km²		[96th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	2,587.431 km² per 1,000 people		[101st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	1.91		[8th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	2%		[11th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	41%		[3rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	57%		[3rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	48		[67th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	205		[74th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	20.0176 per 1 million people		[74th of 146]
Known mammal species	81		[107th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	7.90938 per 1 million people		[93rd of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[116th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[116th of 141]
Non-wildness	26.11%		[9th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.43 thousand metric tons/squ		[42nd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	158,461.9 kg/day		[22nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.14 kg per day per worker		[81st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	22.99 mcg/m³		[139th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	29,709		[32nd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	12		[7th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	310		[28th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita	41		[9th of 29]
Pollution > Nuclear waste	45		[14th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste efficiency	1		[12th of 16]
Pollution > Nuclear waste per capita	4.5		[13th of 16]
Protected area	15.8		[20th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs	30–50
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend	+
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year	1993–94
SO2 emissions per populated area	7,980 thousand metric tons/squ		[4th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,762 hundred metric tons		[51st of 141]
Threatened species	36		[56th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	7		[107th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	16 cu km		[23rd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	28.59 micrograms/m3		[125th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	27.34 micrograms/m3		[94th of 141]
Water > Availability	1.45 thousand cubic metres		[97th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	10.33 mls/litre		[15th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	7.9 tons/cubic km		[5th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.29 mls/litre		[84th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	592.77		[73rd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[101st of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.93 mls/litre		[106th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.91 %		[42nd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.31 %		[20th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	43.56 %		[58th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	15.55 %		[10th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	11.44 %		[8th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.97 %		[73rd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.38 %		[46th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.88 %		[13th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	42 thousand hectares		[83rd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	4.10116 thousand hectares per 1 m		[75th of 112]
Wildness	0%		[125th of 141]

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