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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.04 % of GNI		[51st of 57]
Areas under protection	579		[19th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	2.84 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[20th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	303,778		[17th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by post-Communist governments; air pollution nonetheless remains serious because of sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, and the resulting acid rain has caused forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is disposal of hazardous wastes; pollution levels should continue to decrease as industrial establishments bring their facilities up to EU code, but at substantial cost to business and the government
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	5.4		[28th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	88.9%		[35th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	30.01 % of land area		[93rd 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	84		[97th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	85,805		[15th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	81		[18th of 25]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	8		[15th of 29]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	320		[27th of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	9.6		[42nd of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	3,900 thousand metric tons/squ		[14th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	31		[66th of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Water > Availability	1.48 thousand cubic metres		[96th of 141]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Freshwater pollution	5.85 tons/cubic km		[8th 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	4.29 %		[13th 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	0%		[123rd of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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