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Areas under protection	328		[23rd of 146]
Carbon efficiency	1 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[81st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Carbon efficiency
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	304,882		[16th of 178]
Definition: Environment > CO2 Emissions
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; water quality and quantity nationwide; air pollution; deforestation; desertification
Definition: Environment > Current issues
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	5.5		[26th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Ecological footprint
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	100%		[23rd of 141]
Definition: Environment > Endangered species protection
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	35.89 % of land area		[74th of 195]
Definition: Environment > Forest area > % of land area
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
Known mammal species	82		[105th of 145]
Definition: Environment > Known mammal species
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	74,691		[18th of 199]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	81		[19th of 25]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	6		[26th of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	390		[23rd of 29]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Pollution > Nuclear waste	192		[9th of 16]
Definition: Environment > Pollution > Nuclear waste
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	8.4		[48th of 147]
Definition: Environment > Protected area
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	1,310 thousand metric tons/squ		[45th of 141]
Definition: Environment > SO2 emissions per populated area
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	19		[37th of 160]
Definition: Environment > Threatened species > Mammal
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Water > Availability	2.33 thousand cubic metres		[77th of 141]
Definition: Environment > Water > Availability
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	3.7 tons/cubic km		[15th of 69]
Definition: Environment > Water > Freshwater pollution
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	4.31 %		[7th of 114]
Definition: Environment > Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions
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	3.43%		[71st of 141]
Definition: Environment > Wildness
Source: World Development Indicators database

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