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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.51 % of GNI		[65th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.14 % of GNI		[20th of 165]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Areas under protection	17		[95th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CO2 Emissions	6,233.2		[98th of 178]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 emissions > kt	3,725.27 kt		[120th 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 air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area	39.72 % of land area		[64th of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km	27,600 km²		[91st of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal	3.61		[53rd of 124]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	21%		[19th of 124]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known breeding bird species	208		[71st of 146]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known mammal species	107		[81st of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	44.92 mcg/m³		[77th of 185]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,467		[105th of 199]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Protected area	2.8		[105th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species	34		[62nd of 158]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	10		[91st of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Total renewable water resources	63.3 cu km		[10th of 31]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	34 thousand hectares		[89th of 112]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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