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Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.53 % of GNI		[13th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.65 % of GNI		[53rd of 165]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Areas under protection	18		[92nd of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Biodiversity richness	2		[15th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	2,243.8		[121st of 178]
CO2 emissions > kt	2,238.09 kt		[131st of 195]
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 deforestation as timber is cut for export; pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forest area > % of land area	94.72 % of land area		[1st of 195]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forest area > sq. km	147,760 km²		[38th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	3%		[76th of 124]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known breeding bird species	235		[51st of 146]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Known mammal species	180		[52nd of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	587		[124th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Protected area	4.7		[83rd of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Threatened species	18		[99th of 158]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	10		[81st of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.07 %		[99th of 114]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.81 %		[104th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.14 %		[107th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.49 %		[7th of 114]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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