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Areas under protection	79		[51st of 146]
Carbon efficiency	0.78 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[93rd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	2,231.7		[122nd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues water pollution from fertilizer runoff; inadequate wastewater treatment
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	6.02		[19th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[128th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	0.46 % of land area		[188th 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	460 km²		[164th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	11		[144th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	564		[126th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	8		[16th of 29]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	650		[3rd of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	9.7		[40th of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	960 thousand metric tons/squ		[53rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	1		[159th of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Threatened species > Mammal	1		[158th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	294.34 thousand cubic metres		[1st of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.08 tons/cubic km		[63rd 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	1.01 %		[73rd 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	80.08%		[4th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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