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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.01 % of GNI		[34th of 57]
Areas under protection	427		[22nd of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	0.91 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[85th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	446,596		[9th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues air pollution from industrial emissions such as sulfur dioxide; coastal and inland rivers polluted from industrial and agricultural effluents; acid rain damaging lakes; inadequate industrial waste treatment and disposal facilities
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	5.51		[25th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	100%		[21st of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	33.93 % of land area		[79th 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	90		[93rd of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Municipal waste generation	500 kgs per person per year		[14th of 17]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	115,371		[8th of 199]
Source: OECD Environmental Data Compendium: 2002
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	117		[9th of 25]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	7		[21st of 29]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	460		[18th of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	7.3		[56th of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,790 thousand metric tons/squ		[20th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	75		[24th of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Water > Availability	2.04 thousand cubic metres		[83rd of 141]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.88 %		[10th of 114]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	0.04%		[108th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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