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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	1.81 % of GNI		[12th of 57]
Areas under protection	16		[96th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	2		[20th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[120th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	5,921.8		[99th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water
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
Ecological footprint	1.12		[104th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	87%		[42nd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	24.25 % of land area		[113rd of 195]
Source: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Report on National Reports Required Under Article VIII, Paragraph 7(a), of the Convention, Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Gigiri, Kenya, April 2000
Forest area > sq. km	55,170 km²		[70th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	222		[31st of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.29 thousand metric tons/squ		[56th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,522		[103rd of 199]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Protected area	4.8		[81st of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	170 thousand metric tons/squ		[104th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	27		[75th of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal	13		[61st of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	1.87 thousand cubic metres		[87th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.41 %		[2nd of 114]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	0.58%		[94th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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