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Areas under protection	188		[34th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	1.51 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[49th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	62,718.9		[43rd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues limited arable land and natural fresh water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution from industrial and domestic waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides
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	5.4		[30th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	52.6%		[87th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	7.9 % of land area		[156th 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	1,710 km²		[153rd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	116		[76th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.76 thousand metric tons/squ		[26th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	16,683		[43rd 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	14.9		[22nd of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	3,310 thousand metric tons/squ		[15th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	36		[59th 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	13		[63rd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	0.36 thousand cubic metres		[123rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	10.33 mls/litre		[17th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water > Freshwater pollution	27.07 tons/cubic km		[1st of 69]
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
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.89 %		[32nd 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	0.61%		[93rd of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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