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Areas under protection	13		[102nd of 146]
Carbon efficiency	0.18 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[132nd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	568.3		[148th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching
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	0.86		[127th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	100%		[10th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	10.3 % of land area		[147th 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	125,720 km²		[43rd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known breeding bird species	191		[91st of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	137		[65th of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[115th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area	0.12 thousand metric tons/squ		[116th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	136		[159th 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	3.7		[94th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	70 thousand metric tons/squ		[134th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	20		[93rd 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	13		[56th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	0.4 thousand cubic metres		[120th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.46 mls/litre		[51st of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	59.81%		[16th of 141]
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

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