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Acidification	0%		[115th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.25 % of GNI		[121st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.74 % of GNI		[23rd of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.47 % of GNI		[65th of 165]
Areas under protection	42		[71st of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	3.49592 per 1 million people		[72nd of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[14th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	2,350 thousand hectares		[22nd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	195.605 thousand hectares per 1		[15th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	1.31%		[105th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[101st of 141]
CFC consumption	2,225.37		[56th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.185231 per 1,000 people		[49th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	10,097.3		[88th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.840461 per 1,000 people		[117th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.22 kg/PPP$		[116th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	10,688.63 kt		[89th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.891 kt per 1,000 people		[132nd of 196]
Current issues deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
Ecological footprint	1.4		[90th of 141]
Endangered species protection	89.5%		[32nd of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	2.68		[70th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	1,635.29 hundred grams/hectare		[33rd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	36.32 % of land area		[71st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	39,380 km²		[76th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	3,125.63 km² per 1,000 people		[93rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	2.01		[67th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	80%		[52nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	6%		[93rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	13%		[35th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[161st of 188]
International agreements > Party to 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, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	221		[62nd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	18.3952 per 1 million people		[79th of 146]
Known mammal species	250		[27th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	20.8091 per 1 million people		[39th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	3		[65th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.249709 per 1 million people		[64th of 95]
Marine fish catch	936 tons		[105th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0.0779091 tons per 1,000 people		[105th of 141]
Non-wildness	3.93%		[58th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.24 thousand metric tons/squ		[70th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	19,252.61 kg/day		[61st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.28 kg per day per worker		[8th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	67.46 mcg/m³		[43rd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	2,640		[90th of 199]
Protected area	16.8		[17th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	160 thousand metric tons/squ		[106th of 141]
SO2 exports	915.87 hundred metric tons		[88th of 141]
Threatened species > Mammal	8		[102nd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	111.3 cu km		[16th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	69.33 micrograms/m3		[23rd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	13.51 micrograms/m3		[118th of 141]
Water > Availability	14.03 thousand cubic metres		[35th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.63 mls/litre		[99th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.12 tons/cubic km		[59th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.41 mls/litre		[48th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	1,061.16		[40th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[125th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.91 mls/litre		[108th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.13 %		[59th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.14 %		[60th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	72.81 %		[8th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.95 %		[42nd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.01 %		[70th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.19 %		[72nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.95 %		[59th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.82 %		[74th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	503 thousand hectares		[30th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	41.8678 thousand hectares per 1 m		[26th of 112]
Wildness	15.1%		[55th of 141]

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