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Areas under protection	73		[60th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	0.91 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[87th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	3,619.7		[112nd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
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	1.26		[96th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	90.9%		[28th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	42.74 % of land area		[57th 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	51,890 km²		[71st of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	200		[38th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch	8,497 tons		[87th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area	0.09 thousand metric tons/squ		[128th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,025		[113rd 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	7.4		[55th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	120 thousand metric tons/squ		[117th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	16		[114th 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	4		[145th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	29.15 thousand cubic metres		[18th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	6.28 mls/litre		[106th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.73 %		[86th of 114]
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
Wildness	12.9%		[59th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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