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Areas under protection	62		[64th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[53rd of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	0.3 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[125th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	2,467.3		[119th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
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
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	0.93		[119th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	87.5%		[41st of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	22.08 % of land area		[116th 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	128,380 km²		[42nd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	141		[64th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.11 thousand metric tons/squ		[120th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	518		[130th 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	1.9		[118th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	40 thousand metric tons/squ		[140th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	120		[12th 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	46		[10th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	22.55 thousand cubic metres		[24th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.24 mls/litre		[110th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.8 %		[89th of 114]
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
Wildness	17.48%		[51st of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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