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Acidification	0%		[70th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.57 % of GNI		[55th of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.15 % of GNI		[44th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.45 % of GNI		[67th of 165]
Areas under protection	43		[69th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	0.489432 per 1 million people		[131st of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[44th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	1,174 thousand hectares		[36th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	13.3626 thousand hectares per 1		[54th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	34.18%		[2nd of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.77 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[95th of 141]
CFC consumption	105,641		[17th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	1.20242 per 1,000 people		[31st of 107]
CO2 Emissions	75,299.2		[37th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	0.857065 per 1,000 people		[116th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.23 kg/PPP$		[109th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	76,948.64 kt		[40th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	0.96 kt per 1,000 people		[127th of 196]
Current issues uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds
Ecological footprint	1.42		[88th of 141]
Endangered species protection	83.3%		[48th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.33		[57th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	1,141.69 hundred grams/hectare		[47th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	24.02 % of land area		[114th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	71,620 km²		[63rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	862.326 km² per 1,000 people		[154th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	28.52		[23rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	74%		[62nd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	17%		[57th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	9%		[48th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	82.8		[55th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Known breeding bird species	404		[14th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	4.59838 per 1 million people		[125th of 146]
Known mammal species	153		[60th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	1.74147 per 1 million people		[132nd of 145]
Marine areas under protection	7		[43rd of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.0796749 per 1 million people		[86th of 95]
Marine fish catch	1,592,090 tons		[12th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	18.1214 tons per 1,000 people		[30th of 141]
Non-wildness	9.01%		[42nd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.31 thousand metric tons/squ		[53rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	201,952.1 kg/day		[19th of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.18 kg per day per worker		[42nd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	32.22 mcg/m³		[114th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	19,982		[39th of 199]
Protected area	4.9		[79th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	880 thousand metric tons/squ		[57th of 141]
SO2 exports	723 hundred metric tons		[98th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	0%		[25th of 31]
Threatened species	188		[8th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	49		[8th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	479 cu km		[8th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	46.18 micrograms/m3		[82nd of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	33 micrograms/m3		[88th of 141]
Water > Availability	3.79 thousand cubic metres		[59th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.24 mls/litre		[60th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.69 tons/cubic km		[37th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.35 mls/litre		[65th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	136.7		[129th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	10.4		[61st of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.62 mls/litre		[113rd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.29 %		[48th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.15 %		[60th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	54.49 %		[32nd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.21 %		[45th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.61 %		[44th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	9.81 %		[58th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	16.44 %		[22nd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2 %		[44th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	68 thousand hectares		[73rd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	0.773985 thousand hectares per 1 m		[97th of 112]
Wildness	0.52%		[96th of 141]

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