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Acidification	0%		[105th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.3 % of GNI		[23rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.57 % of GNI		[27th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.74 % of GNI		[45th of 165]
Areas under protection	497		[21st of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.460073 per 1 million people		[132nd of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[52nd of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	1,515 thousand hectares		[30th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	1.40243 thousand hectares per 1		[78th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	7.56%		[17th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	1.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[57th of 141]
CFC consumption	46,502.3		[23rd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0430472 per 1,000 people		[71st of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,007,980		[5th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.933086 per 1,000 people		[113rd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.44 kg/PPP$		[54th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,273,175 kt		[4th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	1.196 kt per 1,000 people		[119th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[27th of 75]
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources
Ecological footprint	1.06		[109th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[18th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.71		[51st of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	1,040.09 hundred grams/hectare		[52nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	22.77 % of land area		[115th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	677,010 km²		[10th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	618.51 km² per 1,000 people		[162nd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	645.84		[1st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	86%		[40th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	8%		[85th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	5%		[68th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	223.3		[19th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	458		[11th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	0.42397 per 1 million people		[146th of 146]
Known mammal species	390		[8th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	0.361023 per 1 million people		[144th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	60		[10th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.055542 per 1 million people		[89th of 95]
Marine fish catch	2,242,890 tons		[10th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	2.07624 tons per 1,000 people		[80th of 141]
Non-wildness	10.24%		[41st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.52 thousand metric tons/squ		[33rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	1,519,842 kg/day		[2nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.2 kg per day per worker		[14th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	71.59 mcg/m³		[37th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	293,938		[4th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	253		[5th of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP)	0.00762278 per $100 million		[22nd of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita)	0.234202 per 1 million people		[25th of 25]
Protected area	4.8		[82nd of 147]
Snow Leopard > Estimated Population			[6th of 11]
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.	75,000		[6th of 11]
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,150 thousand metric tons/squ		[47th of 141]
SO2 exports	3,400 hundred metric tons		[12th of 141]
Threatened species	193		[7th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	75		[3rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	1,907.8 cu km		[3rd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	29.68 micrograms/m3		[122nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	27.55 micrograms/m3		[93rd of 141]
Water > Availability	1.56 thousand cubic metres		[93rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.38 mls/litre		[104th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.97 tons/cubic km		[32nd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.15 mls/litre		[108th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	4,520.19		[1st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	80.2		[23rd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.56 mls/litre		[24th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.24 %		[27th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.29 %		[21st of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	53.7 %		[16th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.21 %		[7th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.9 %		[29th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.58 %		[46th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.75 %		[19th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.33 %		[50th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	195 thousand hectares		[49th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.180511 thousand hectares per 1 m		[109th of 112]
Wildness	1.94%		[82nd of 141]

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