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Acidification	0%		[106th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.34 % of GNI		[95th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.23 % of GNI		[107th of 165]
Areas under protection	62		[64th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	3.43681 per 1 million people		[73rd of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[53rd of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	293 thousand hectares		[52nd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	16.2417 thousand hectares per 1		[50th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	13.37%		[7th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.3 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[125th of 141]
CFC consumption	739.8		[65th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0410089 per 1,000 people		[73rd of 107]
CO2 Emissions	2,467.3		[119th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.136768 per 1,000 people		[155th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.17 kg/PPP$		[130th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	2,340.66 kt		[129th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.133 kt per 1,000 people		[177th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	4		[3rd of 75]
Current issues soil erosion results from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; surface water contaminated with raw sewage and other organic wastes; several endangered species of flora and fauna unique to the island
Ecological footprint	0.93		[119th of 141]
Endangered species protection	87.5%		[41st of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	33.83 hundred grams/hectare		[126th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	22.08 % of land area		[116th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	128,380 km²		[42nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	6,899.954 km² per 1,000 people		[63rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	14.96		[33rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	96%		[14th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	3%		[109th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	2%		[93rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	482.9		[9th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	172		[101st of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	9.53437 per 1 million people		[102nd of 146]
Known mammal species	141		[64th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	7.81596 per 1 million people		[94th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	2		[76th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.110865 per 1 million people		[82nd of 95]
Marine fish catch	87,958 tons		[59th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	4.87572 tons per 1,000 people		[62nd of 141]
Non-wildness	0.92%		[103rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.11 thousand metric tons/squ		[120th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	11,043.4 kg/day		[77th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.27 kg per day per worker		[11th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	45.35 mcg/m³		[76th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	518		[130th of 199]
Protected area	1.9		[118th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	40 thousand metric tons/squ		[140th of 141]
SO2 exports	673.96 hundred metric tons		[100th of 141]
Threatened species	120		[12th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	46		[10th of 160]
Urban NO2 concentration	74.32 micrograms/m3		[13th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	89.7 micrograms/m3		[34th of 141]
Water > Availability	22.55 thousand cubic metres		[24th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.24 mls/litre		[110th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.45 mls/litre		[41st of 141]
Water > Salinisation	436.49		[89th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	1.7		[77th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.13 mls/litre		[34th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.21 %		[88th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.09 %		[93rd of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	75.61 %		[9th of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.13 %		[86th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.75 %		[82nd of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	12.41 %		[59th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.8 %		[89th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	53 thousand hectares		[80th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	2.93792 thousand hectares per 1 m		[80th of 112]
Wildness	17.48%		[51st of 141]

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