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Areas under protection	19		[91st of 146]
Carbon efficiency	2.33 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[30th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	4,455.1		[106th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides
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	0.9		[122nd of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	0%		[136th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	2.93 % of land area		[173rd 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	4,100 km²		[139th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known breeding bird species	210		[68th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	84		[99th of 145]
Source: World Resources Institute
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[136th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[106th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,392		[106th of 199]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Snow Leopard > Estimated Population			[5th of 11]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Snow Leopard > Habitat, population, and home range > Habitat Area in sq. km.	100,000		[4th of 11]
Source: Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
SO2 emissions per populated area	2,610 thousand metric tons/squ		[24th of 141]
Source: Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
Water > Availability	5.56 thousand cubic metres		[55th of 141]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	5.78 mls/litre		[120th of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water > Severe water stress	93.2		[8th of 140]
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
Wildness	25.63%		[42nd of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGap 2.1, 2000 via ciesin.org

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