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Acidification	0.33%		[44th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	1.61 % of GNI		[12th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.38 % of GNI		[79th of 165]
Areas under protection	10,863		[1st of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	75.7426 per 1 million people		[15th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	20,532 thousand hectares		[6th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	143.16 thousand hectares per 1		[19th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	6.05%		[26th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	3.84 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[11th of 141]
CFC consumption	817,386		[3rd of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	5.69925 per 1,000 people		[16th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	1,540,360		[3rd of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	10.7402 per 1,000 people		[16th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	1.21 kg/PPP$		[9th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	1,493,013 kt		[3rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	10.325 kt per 1,000 people		[25th of 196]
Current issues air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; groundwater contamination from toxic waste; urban solid waste management; abandoned stocks of obsolete pesticides
Ecological footprint	5.36		[31st of 141]
Endangered species protection	78.3%		[54th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.16		[60th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	86.27 hundred grams/hectare		[111st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	49.37 % of land area		[40th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	8,087,900 km²		[1st of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	56,513.846 km² per 1,000 people		[9th of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	76.68		[10th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	18%		[118th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	19%		[51st of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	63%		[3rd of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[127th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Air Pollution-Sulfur 94
Known breeding bird species	528		[7th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	3.68149 per 1 million people		[134th of 146]
Known mammal species	269		[22nd of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	1.87561 per 1 million people		[131st of 145]
Marine areas under protection	14		[27th of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.0976154 per 1 million people		[84th of 95]
Marine fish catch	3,467,190 tons		[5th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	24.1751 tons per 1,000 people		[25th of 141]
Non-wildness	1.46%		[93rd of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.44 thousand metric tons/squ		[40th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	1,388,061 kg/day		[1st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.18 kg per day per worker		[14th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	20.02 mcg/m³		[144th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	392,287		[2nd of 199]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	451		[3rd of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per $ GDP)	0.0320312 per $100 million		[2nd of 25]
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000 (per capita)	3.14461 per 1 million people		[5th of 25]
Protected area	3.1		[100th of 147]
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Pairs	0–50
Red Kite > Populations and trends > Year	1992
SO2 emissions per populated area	930 thousand metric tons/squ		[55th of 141]
SO2 exports	4,148 hundred metric tons		[7th of 141]
Threatened species	113		[15th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	31		[23rd of 160]
Total renewable water resources	4,498 cu km		[1st of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	3.44 micrograms/m3		[140th of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	97.55 micrograms/m3		[26th of 141]
Water > Availability	22.82 thousand cubic metres		[23rd of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	9.69 mls/litre		[29th of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.43 tons/cubic km		[43rd of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.14 mls/litre		[109th of 141]
Water > Salinisation	0		[141st of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	3.8		[70th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.23 mls/litre		[125th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.24 %		[30th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.37 %		[8th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	51.94 %		[14th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	20.33 %		[1st of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.46 %		[9th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	8.12 %		[26th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	5.92 %		[24th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.61 %		[15th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	10,324 thousand hectares		[3rd of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	71.9844 thousand hectares per 1 m		[20th of 112]
Wildness	65.8%		[14th of 141]

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