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Acidification	0%		[94th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.39 % of GNI		[83rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.74 % of GNI		[44th of 165]
Areas under protection	20		[89th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	3.1506 per 1 million people		[76th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[24th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	280 thousand hectares		[53rd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	44.1084 thousand hectares per 1		[39th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	4.68%		[34th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.54 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[108th of 141]
CFC consumption	2,509.55		[53rd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.395329 per 1,000 people		[44th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	3,658.9		[110th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.576386 per 1,000 people		[125th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.17 kg/PPP$		[129th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	4,135.53 kt		[114th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.728 kt per 1,000 people		[142nd of 196]
Current issues deforestation; water pollution; inadequate means for waste disposal pose health risks for many urban residents; loss of wetlands
Ecological footprint	2.84		[54th of 141]
Endangered species protection	68.2%		[73rd of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	2.78		[69th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	279.55 hundred grams/hectare		[94th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	46.5 % of land area		[49th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	184,750 km²		[31st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	31,320.721 km² per 1,000 people		[21st of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	0.49		[92nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	71%		[64th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	20%		[48th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	8%		[50th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[136th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	233		[55th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	36.7045 per 1 million people		[39th of 146]
Known mammal species	305		[15th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	48.0466 per 1 million people		[18th of 145]
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[124th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	0 tons per 1,000 people		[124th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.54%		[115th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.38 thousand metric tons/squ		[46th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	3,249.97 kg/day		[100th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.28 kg per day per worker		[6th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	100.61 mcg/m³		[18th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,236		[110th of 199]
Protected area	3.5		[96th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	80 thousand metric tons/squ		[129th of 141]
SO2 exports	442.96 hundred metric tons		[109th of 141]
Threatened species	39		[52nd of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	10		[86th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	336 cu km		[10th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	81.35 micrograms/m3		[6th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	37.51 micrograms/m3		[82nd of 141]
Water > Availability	10.77 thousand cubic metres		[39th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.33 mls/litre		[56th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.18 mls/litre		[103rd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	455.6		[85th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[109th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.38 mls/litre		[29th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	6 %		[74th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.27 %		[37th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	73.61 %		[7th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.28 %		[78th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.86 %		[97th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.93 %		[66th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.73 %		[93rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.33 %		[111st of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	775 thousand hectares		[21st of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	122.086 thousand hectares per 1 m		[15th of 112]
Wildness	44.12%		[25th of 141]

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