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Acidification	0%		[61st of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.52 % of GNI		[75th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.02 % of GNI		[158th of 165]
Areas under protection	29		[79th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	5.22994 per 1 million people		[61st of 146]
Breeding birds threatened	4.9%		[33rd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.6 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[105th of 141]
CFC consumption	288.08		[72nd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	0.0519531 per 1,000 people		[70th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	2,445.4		[120th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.44101 per 1,000 people		[132nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.18 kg/PPP$		[126th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	2,509.16 kt		[126th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.444 kt per 1,000 people		[149th of 196]
Coral reefs > Area	13,840 sq km		[2nd of 28]
Coral reefs > Area (per $ GDP)	1.1543 sq km per $1 million		[4th of 26]
Coral reefs > Area (per capita)	2.49594 sq km per 1,000 people		[8th of 27]
Coral reefs > Share	4.87%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating	1.5		[75th of 75]
Current issues rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought
Ecological footprint	1.4		[89th of 141]
Endangered species protection	73.9%		[63rd of 141]
Fertiliser consumption	2,500 hundred grams/hectare		[24th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	65 % of land area		[18th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	294,370 km²		[21st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	50,002.225 km² per 1,000 people		[13th of 195]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[111st of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified none of the selected agreements
Known breeding bird species	414		[13th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	74.6619 per 1 million people		[21st of 146]
Known mammal species	214		[33rd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	38.5933 per 1 million people		[20th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	9		[40th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	1.62308 per 1 million people		[22nd of 95]
Marine fish catch	37,946 tons		[71st of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	6.84328 tons per 1,000 people		[57th of 141]
Non-wildness	0.19%		[126th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.01 thousand metric tons/squ		[141st of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	5,729.26 kg/day		[93rd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.25 kg per day per worker		[13th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	19.29 mcg/m³		[149th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	662		[122nd of 199]
SO2 emissions per populated area	40 thousand metric tons/squ		[139th of 141]
SO2 exports	889.47 hundred metric tons		[90th of 141]
Threatened species	122		[11th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	57		[7th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	801 cu km		[2nd of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	45.41 micrograms/m3		[85th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	66.38 micrograms/m3		[48th of 141]
Water > Availability	154.61 thousand cubic metres		[3rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.3 mls/litre		[57th of 141]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.11 mls/litre		[118th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	510.96		[81st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[98th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	6.09 mls/litre		[37th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.71 %		[99th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.08 %		[94th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	80.15 %		[5th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.58 %		[86th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.91 %		[62nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.3 %		[76th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.08 %		[103rd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.2 %		[6th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	595 thousand hectares		[28th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	107.304 thousand hectares per 1 m		[17th of 112]
Wildness	35.28%		[33rd of 141]

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