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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.03 % of GNI		[48th of 57]
Areas under protection	190		[33rd of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	1		[54th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	1.92 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[38th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	123,603		[31st of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Coral reefs > Area	3,600 sq km		[6th of 28]
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
Current issues air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires
Source: World Atlas of Coral Reefs accessible via United Nations Environment Program
Ecological footprint	3.68		[46th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	85.7%		[46th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	63.58 % of land area		[19th 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
Known mammal species	300		[17th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	33,748		[28th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Protected area	4.5		[87th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,600 thousand metric tons/squ		[41st of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	107		[17th 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	42		[12th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	20.24 thousand cubic metres		[26th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.4 tons/cubic km		[46th of 69]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.79 %		[4th of 114]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 (for BOD emissions)and Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 (for data on waterquantity). via ciesin.org
Wildness	27.45%		[40th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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