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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.28 % of GNI		[110th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.2 % of GNI		[110th of 165]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Areas under protection	15		[98th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	3		[10th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	700.9		[143rd of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,117.21 kt		[152nd 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
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area	54.73 % of land area		[30th of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km	10,000 km²		[119th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	14%		[34th of 124]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known breeding bird species	47		[145th of 146]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known mammal species	4		[145th of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	198		[149th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Protected area	1		[126th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species	22		[88th of 158]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[139th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.6 %		[82nd of 114]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.92 %		[73rd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	30.18 %		[8th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.24 %		[26th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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