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Acidification	0%		[129th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.55 % of GNI		[60th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.14 % of GNI		[48th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.06 % of GNI		[146th of 165]
Areas under protection	12		[109th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.366681 per 1 million people		[136th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	9,754 thousand hectares		[7th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	298.05 thousand hectares per 1		[11th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	4.29%		[42nd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.91 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[86th of 141]
CFC consumption	29,193.2		[30th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.892049 per 1,000 people		[34th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	33,236.1		[63rd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	1.01559 per 1,000 people		[108th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.33 kg/PPP$		[79th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	37,897.4 kt		[64th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	1.315 kt per 1,000 people		[116th of 196]
Current issues land degradation/desertification (soil erosion resulting from farming of marginal areas, overgrazing, destruction of vegetation); water supplies contaminated by raw sewage; siltation of reservoirs; oil pollution of coastal waters
Ecological footprint	1.56		[83rd of 141]
Endangered species protection	60.9%		[80th of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	387.91 hundred grams/hectare		[87th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	9.78 % of land area		[150th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	43,640 km²		[73rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	1,446.562 km² per 1,000 people		[131st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	12.6		[35th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	87%		[39th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	10%		[76th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	3%		[79th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	97.9		[48th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Environmental Modification
Known breeding bird species	206		[73rd of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	6.29469 per 1 million people		[116th of 146]
Known mammal species	105		[82nd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	3.20846 per 1 million people		[117th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	4		[57th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.122227 per 1 million people		[78th of 95]
Marine fish catch	619,136 tons		[22nd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	18.9188 tons per 1,000 people		[28th of 141]
Non-wildness	1.48%		[92nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.1 thousand metric tons/squ		[122nd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	72,125.77 kg/day		[11th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.16 kg per day per worker		[21st of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	19.81 mcg/m³		[146th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	9,781		[62nd of 199]
Protected area	0.7		[131st of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs	10–100
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Trend	?–
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year	ca.1992
SO2 emissions per populated area	530 thousand metric tons/squ		[75th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,617.14 hundred metric tons		[57th of 141]
Threatened species	39		[53rd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	18		[40th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	29 cu km		[16th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	59.76 micrograms/m3		[46th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	78.15 micrograms/m3		[40th of 141]
Water > Availability	0.42 thousand cubic metres		[119th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.25 mls/litre		[109th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	7.85 tons/cubic km		[6th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.26 mls/litre		[89th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	3,300.63		[2nd of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	81.5		[22nd of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.4 mls/litre		[89th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.78 %		[18th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.27 %		[16th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	43.04 %		[21st of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.1 %		[21st of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.39 %		[19th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.97 %		[28th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	35.34 %		[3rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.11 %		[26th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	14 thousand hectares		[96th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.427794 thousand hectares per 1 m		[104th of 112]
Wildness	17.54%		[50th of 141]

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