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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.82 % of GNI		[22nd of 57]
Areas under protection	8		[121st of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	3		[6th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	0.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[123rd of 141]
CO2 Emissions	1,409.9		[132nd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; 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	0.78		[135th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[125th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	3.81 % of land area		[170th 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	1,050 km²		[158th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	20		[143rd of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.03 thousand metric tons/squ		[139th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	386		[138th 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	0.4		[133rd of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	140 thousand metric tons/squ		[113rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[138th 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	0.93 thousand cubic metres		[110th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.9 mls/litre		[41st of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.84 %		[88th of 114]
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001
Wildness	0%		[129th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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