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Acidification	15.96%		[22nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.1 % of GNI		[159th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.08 % of GNI		[139th of 165]
Areas under protection	178		[36th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	38.7546 per 1 million people		[21st of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	0.82%		[120th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.74 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[97th of 141]
CFC consumption	58.24		[90th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0126802 per 1,000 people		[84th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	35,312.2		[60th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	7.68826 per 1,000 people		[34th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.29 kg/PPP$		[96th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	45,014.61 kt		[59th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	9.861 kt per 1,000 people		[31st of 196]
Current issues water pollution; acid rain damaging forests and adversely affecting lakes, threatening fish stocks; air pollution from vehicle emissions
Ecological footprint	6.13		[18th of 141]
Endangered species protection	87%		[43rd of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	6.06		[7th of 70]
Expenditure pollution control as % of GDP	1.2 % of GDP		[9th of 17]
Fertiliser consumption	2,257.71 hundred grams/hectare		[26th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	30.85 % of land area		[91st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	93,870 km²		[56th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	20,303.679 km² per 1,000 people		[29th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	97.4		[50th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	241		[47th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	52.4712 per 1 million people		[29th of 146]
Known mammal species	54		[133rd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	11.757 per 1 million people		[71st of 145]
Known reptile species	5		[16th of 18]
Marine areas under protection	10		[38th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	2.17723 per 1 million people		[17th of 95]
Marine fish catch	2,551,180 tons		[8th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	555.449 tons per 1,000 people		[2nd of 141]
Municipal waste generation	620 kgs per person per year		[6th of 17]
Municipal waste treatment expenditure	$10.00		[12th of 18]
Non-wildness	3.89%		[60th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.26 thousand metric tons/squ		[64th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	51,693.01 kg/day		[32nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.19 kg per day per worker		[24th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	11.54 mcg/m³		[175th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	10,565		[60th of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	8		[18th of 29]
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	600		[6th of 29]
Pollution > Nitrogen Oxides per capita	51		[6th of 29]
Protected area	6.8		[61st of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year	1980
SO2 emissions per populated area	350 thousand metric tons/squ		[87th of 141]
SO2 exports	98 hundred metric tons		[132nd of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	33.1%		[8th of 31]
Threatened species	16		[111st of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	4		[141st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	381.4 cu km		[1st of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	49.65 micrograms/m3		[72nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	5.47 micrograms/m3		[133rd of 141]
Waste generation	330 kgs per person per year		[12th of 16]
Waste water treatment expenditure	$92.10		[7th of 15]
Water > Availability	57.71 thousand cubic metres		[7th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	9.16 mls/litre		[35th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.2 tons/cubic km		[51st of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.01 mls/litre		[139th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	0.61		[140th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0.4		[88th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.02 mls/litre		[128th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.66 %		[58th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.13 %		[51st of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	42.82 %		[45th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.02 %		[22nd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.51 %		[20th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	31.3 %		[6th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.43 %		[67th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.13 %		[24th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	70 thousand hectares		[72nd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	15.2406 thousand hectares per 1 m		[48th of 112]
Wildness	28.71%		[39th of 141]

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