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Acidification	0%		[119th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.32 % of GNI		[101st of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.92 % of GNI		[20th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.26 % of GNI		[103rd of 165]
Areas under protection	9		[119th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.708271 per 1 million people		[116th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	45 thousand hectares		[75th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	3.54136 thousand hectares per 1		[71st of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	2.11%		[77th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[121st of 141]
CFC consumption	322.74		[70th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0253986 per 1,000 people		[80th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	782.3		[140th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.0615645 per 1,000 people		[168th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.13 kg/PPP$		[144th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	882.78 kt		[155th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.072 kt per 1,000 people		[185th of 196]
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	3.5		[29th of 75]
Current issues deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations
Ecological footprint	0.87		[126th of 141]
Endangered species protection	77.8%		[57th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	267.73 hundred grams/hectare		[96th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	36.16 % of land area		[72nd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	34,020 km²		[84th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	2,640.497 km² per 1,000 people		[100th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	1.01		[80th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	80%		[54th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	15%		[62nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	5%		[64th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[164th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Law of the Sea
Known breeding bird species	219		[63rd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	17.2346 per 1 million people		[80th of 146]
Known mammal species	195		[40th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	15.3459 per 1 million people		[59th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[133rd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[133rd of 141]
Non-wildness	0.85%		[104th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[105th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	11,805.22 kg/day		[70th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.29 kg per day per worker		[7th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	46.46 mcg/m³		[71st of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	210		[148th of 199]
Protected area	11.3		[34th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	50 thousand metric tons/squ		[138th of 141]
SO2 exports	2,379.44 hundred metric tons		[28th of 141]
Threatened species	24		[83rd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	7		[111st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	17.3 cu km		[12th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	50.96 micrograms/m3		[70th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	106.66 micrograms/m3		[21st of 141]
Water > Availability	1.55 thousand cubic metres		[94th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.35 mls/litre		[54th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.52 mls/litre		[25th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	311.31		[107th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[128th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.77 mls/litre		[79th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.72 %		[75th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.04 %		[81st of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	70.02 %		[12th of 114]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.74 %		[73rd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	16.04 %		[28th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.76 %		[54th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.68 %		[53rd of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	225 thousand hectares		[46th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	17.7068 thousand hectares per 1 m		[44th of 112]
Wildness	16.1%		[52nd of 141]

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