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Areas under protection	33		[76th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[26th of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	1.02 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[78th of 141]
CO2 Emissions	5,708.9		[101st of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues water pollution from agricultural runoff threatens fishery resources; deforestation of tropical rain forest; land degradation and soil erosion threatens siltation of Panama Canal; air pollution in urban areas; mining threatens natural resources
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	2.35		[67th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	81%		[53rd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	57.69 % of land area		[27th 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	42,940 km²		[74th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	218		[32nd of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.05 thousand metric tons/squ		[137th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	2,252		[94th 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	19.1		[12th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	230 thousand metric tons/squ		[94th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	37		[54th 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	17		[43rd of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	30.79 thousand cubic metres		[16th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.15 tons/cubic km		[58th 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	0.39 %		[71st 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	14.83%		[58th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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