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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.57 % of GNI		[27th of 57]
Areas under protection	497		[21st of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	1		[52nd of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	1.39 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[57th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	1,007,980		[5th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
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
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	1.06		[109th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	100%		[18th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	22.77 % of land area		[115th 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
Known mammal species	390		[8th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	293,938		[4th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	253		[5th of 25]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Protected area	4.8		[82nd of 147]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,150 thousand metric tons/squ		[47th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	193		[7th 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	75		[3rd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	1.56 thousand cubic metres		[93rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.97 tons/cubic km		[32nd 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	0.33 %		[50th 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	1.94%		[82nd of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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