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Areas under protection	143		[39th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	3		[3rd of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	3.29 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[14th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	10,319.7		[86th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Coral reefs > Area	1,240 sq km		[14th of 28]
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
Current issues heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions
Source: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
Ecological footprint	2.68		[59th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	50%		[91st of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	31.3 % of land area		[89th 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	3,390 km²		[143rd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	24		[141st of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	2,788		[88th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Protected area	0.1		[146th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	17,050 thousand metric tons/squ		[3rd of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	28		[72nd 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	4		[143rd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	3.24 thousand cubic metres		[67th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	2.19 tons/cubic km		[22nd 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	1.34 %		[68th 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%		[134th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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