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Areas under protection	14		[99th of 146]
Carbon efficiency	0.73 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[98th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	3,928.2		[108th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing
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	1.06		[108th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	81.8%		[52nd of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	45.05 % of land area		[54th 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	86,730 km²		[59th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	192		[44th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.2 thousand metric tons/squ		[83rd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,021		[114th 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	11.3		[33rd of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	150 thousand metric tons/squ		[110th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	26		[77th 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	13		[59th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	0.96 thousand cubic metres		[107th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	4.43 mls/litre		[136th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.48 tons/cubic km		[42nd of 69]
Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Environmental Monitoring System/Water Quality Monitoring System, with data for an additional 29 countries from Prescott-Allen,R. The Well being of Nations, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2001
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.35 %		[49th 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	4.13%		[69th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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