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Acidification	2.77%		[36th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.32 % of GNI		[102nd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.02 % of GNI		[34th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.86 % of GNI		[35th of 165]
Areas under protection	88		[47th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	8.24897 per 1 million people		[46th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	9 thousand hectares		[85th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	0.843645 thousand hectares per 1		[82nd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	2.79%		[65th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[50th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	92,150.3		[34th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	8.63801 per 1,000 people		[27th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.44 kg/PPP$		[55th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	96,219.69 kt		[36th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	8.729 kt per 1,000 people		[38th of 196]
Current issues air pollution; water pollution
Ecological footprint	5.58		[24th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[22nd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	1,709.46 hundred grams/hectare		[31st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	29.11 % of land area		[95th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	37,520 km²		[79th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	3,378.963 km² per 1,000 people		[91st of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	195.7		[22nd of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
Known breeding bird species	255		[36th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	23.9033 per 1 million people		[62nd of 146]
Known mammal species	95		[89th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	8.90514 per 1 million people		[86th of 145]
Kyoto Protocol > Results to date > EU Assigned Objective > for 2012	25 %		[2nd of 7]
Kyoto Protocol > Treaty Obligation 2008-2012	-8%		[6th of 9]
Marine areas under protection	10		[39th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.937383 per 1 million people		[31st of 95]
Marine fish catch	143,913 tons		[50th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	13.4902 tons per 1,000 people		[38th of 141]
Non-wildness	12.28%		[35th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.47 thousand metric tons/squ		[35th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	43,706.5 kg/day		[47th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.19 kg per day per worker		[35th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	41.11 mcg/m³		[87th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	23,457		[36th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	8		[19th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	370		[24th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita	35		[13th of 29]
Protected area	2.2		[115th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,830 thousand metric tons/squ		[33rd of 141]
SO2 exports	2,029 hundred metric tons		[37th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	0.4%		[23rd of 31]
Threatened species > Mammal	13		[64th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	72 cu km		[14th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	64 micrograms/m3		[33rd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	34 micrograms/m3		[86th of 141]
Water > Availability	2.96 thousand cubic metres		[69th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	11.27 mls/litre		[1st of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	1.32 tons/cubic km		[25th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.31 mls/litre		[82nd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	2,259.13		[9th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	58		[31st of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.57 mls/litre		[117th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.01 %		[29th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.27 %		[27th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	55.01 %		[30th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.12 %		[31st of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.03 %		[45th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.65 %		[58th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.36 %		[37th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.55 %		[55th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	164 thousand hectares		[53rd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	15.3731 thousand hectares per 1 m		[47th of 112]
Wildness	0.01%		[115th of 141]

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