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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.74 % of GNI		[23rd of 57]
Areas under protection	42		[71st of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	2		[14th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	0.68 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[101st of 141]
CO2 Emissions	10,097.3		[88th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; 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	1.4		[90th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	89.5%		[32nd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	36.32 % of land area		[71st 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	39,380 km²		[76th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	250		[27th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.24 thousand metric tons/squ		[70th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	2,640		[90th 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	16.8		[17th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	160 thousand metric tons/squ		[106th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	8		[102nd 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	14.03 thousand cubic metres		[35th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.12 tons/cubic km		[59th 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	0.82 %		[74th 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	15.1%		[55th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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