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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.59 % of GNI		[26th of 57]
Areas under protection	9		[118th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	2 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[37th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	3,137.5		[115th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought are contributing to desertification; limited natural fresh water resources away from the Senegal, which is the only perennial river; locust infestation
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	1.22		[97th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[122nd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	0.26 % of land area		[192nd 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	2,670 km²		[149th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	61		[126th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch	25,948 tons		[77th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area	0.2 thousand metric tons/squ		[84th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	829		[119th 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	1.7		[120th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	180 thousand metric tons/squ		[100th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	20		[94th 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	14		[54th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	0.18 thousand cubic metres		[130th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.54 mls/litre		[127th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	79.46%		[5th 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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