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Acidification	0%		[82nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	3.59 % of GNI		[3rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.15 % of GNI		[18th of 165]
Areas under protection	42		[70th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	15.0484 per 1 million people		[34th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	6,139 thousand hectares		[11th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	2,199.57 thousand hectares per 1		[2nd of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	3.76%		[53rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	5.45 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[6th of 141]
CFC consumption	157.67		[80th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0564923 per 1,000 people		[68th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	7,281.5		[92nd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	2.60892 per 1,000 people		[82nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	1.86 kg/PPP$		[3rd of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	7,970.69 kt		[97th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	3.215 kt per 1,000 people		[90th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	2.5		[58th of 75]
Current issues limited natural fresh water resources in some areas; the policies of former Communist regimes promoted rapid urbanization and industrial growth that had negative effects on the environment; the burning of soft coal in power plants and the lack of enforcement of environmental laws severely polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar; deforestation, overgrazing, and the converting of virgin land to agricultural production increased soil erosion from wind and rain; desertification and mining activities had a deleterious effect on the environment
Ecological footprint	4.3		[40th of 141]
Endangered species protection	100%		[13th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	37.85 hundred grams/hectare		[122nd of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	6.54 % of land area		[163rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	102,520 km²		[52nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	40,140.955 km² per 1,000 people		[16th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.44		[93rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	52%		[98th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	20%		[44th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	27%		[12th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	149.2		[31st of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	274		[30th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	98.1727 per 1 million people		[14th of 146]
Known mammal species	133		[68th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	47.6532 per 1 million people		[19th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[119th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[119th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.02%		[139th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[101st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	7,939.19 kg/day		[86th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.18 kg per day per worker		[56th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	68.44 mcg/m³		[42nd of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	2,060		[96th of 199]
Protected area	10.3		[36th of 147]
Snow Leopard > Estimated Population			[7th of 11]
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.	101,000		[3rd of 11]
SO2 emissions per populated area	430 thousand metric tons/squ		[82nd of 141]
SO2 exports	69 hundred metric tons		[136th of 141]
Threatened species	29		[68th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	12		[66th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	34.8 cu km		[16th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	48.34 micrograms/m3		[77th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	41.16 micrograms/m3		[77th of 141]
Water > Availability	16.32 thousand cubic metres		[32nd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.57 mls/litre		[49th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.17 mls/litre		[104th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	531.94		[78th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	8.1		[63rd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	5.61 mls/litre		[52nd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.9 %		[96th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.35 %		[15th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	64.16 %		[23rd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.83 %		[80th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.84 %		[92nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.31 %		[94th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	24.61 %		[13th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.94 %		[11th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	631 thousand hectares		[25th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	226.084 thousand hectares per 1 m		[10th of 112]
Wildness	69.99%		[11th of 141]

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