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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.92 % of GNI		[20th of 57]
Areas under protection	9		[119th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	0.36 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[121st of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	782.3		[140th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation; land degradation; water pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation of spawning grounds endangers fish populations
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	0.87		[126th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	77.8%		[57th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	36.16 % of land area		[72nd 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	34,020 km²		[84th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	195		[40th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[105th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	210		[148th 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	11.3		[34th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	50 thousand metric tons/squ		[138th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	24		[83rd 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	7		[111st of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	1.55 thousand cubic metres		[94th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.35 mls/litre		[54th 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	1.68 %		[53rd 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	16.1%		[52nd of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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