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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.02 % of GNI		[34th of 57]
Areas under protection	88		[47th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[50th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	92,150.3		[34th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues air pollution; water pollution
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	5.58		[24th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	100%		[22nd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	29.11 % of land area		[95th 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	37,520 km²		[79th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	95		[89th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	23,457		[36th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	8		[19th of 29]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	370		[24th of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	2.2		[115th of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,830 thousand metric tons/squ		[33rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	13		[64th of 160]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Water > Availability	2.96 thousand cubic metres		[69th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	1.32 tons/cubic km		[25th of 69]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.55 %		[55th of 114]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org
Wildness	0.01%		[115th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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