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Acidification	0%		[121st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.15 % of GNI		[151st of 179]
Areas under protection	3		[138th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	2.15208 per 1 million people		[83rd of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[21st of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	15 thousand hectares		[82nd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	10.7604 thousand hectares per 1		[57th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	1.07%		[111st of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.01 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[79th of 141]
CFC consumption	126.65		[82nd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0908537 per 1,000 people		[58th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,454.6		[130th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	1.04347 per 1,000 people		[106th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.15 kg/PPP$		[138th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,223.44 kt		[149th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.912 kt per 1,000 people		[130th of 196]
Current issues	deforestation; poaching
Ecological footprint	2.06		[72nd of 141]
Endangered species protection	70%		[70th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	12.31 hundred grams/hectare		[133rd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	84.51 % of land area		[6th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	217,750 km²		[27th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	157,351.892 km² per 1,000 people		[3rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.12		[113rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	42%		[106th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	50%		[10th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	8%		[51st of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0.6		[83rd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	156		[111st of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	111.908 per 1 million people		[11th of 146]
Known mammal species	190		[46th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	136.298 per 1 million people		[5th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	2		[79th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	1.43472 per 1 million people		[25th of 95]
Marine fish catch	41,470 tons		[69th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	29.7489 tons per 1,000 people		[20th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.15%		[132nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.11 thousand metric tons/squ		[121st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	1,886.23 kg/day		[99th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.26 kg per day per worker		[13th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	6.37 mcg/m³		[181st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	970		[115th of 199]
Protected area	2.8		[104th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	110 thousand metric tons/squ		[121st of 141]
SO2 exports	911.48 hundred metric tons		[89th of 141]
Threatened species	20		[96th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	12		[67th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	164 cu km		[6th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	54.6 micrograms/m3		[60th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	109.48 micrograms/m3		[19th of 141]
Water > Availability	176.37 thousand cubic metres		[2nd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.27 mls/litre		[83rd of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.29 mls/litre		[85th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	777.5		[55th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[130th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.26 mls/litre		[32nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.94 %		[79th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.12 %		[82nd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	79.66 %		[4th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.37 %		[41st of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.19 %		[80th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	6 %		[87th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.21 %		[102nd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.87 %		[6th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	1,080 thousand hectares		[17th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	774.749 thousand hectares per 1 m		[2nd of 112]
Wildness	72.79%		[8th of 141]

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