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Areas under protection	78		[54th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	2		[31st of 53]
Source: World Resources Institute
Carbon efficiency	1.31 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[61st of 141]
CO2 Emissions	223,862		[21st of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing Bosporus ship traffic
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	2.73		[56th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	66.7%		[75th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	13.22 % of land area		[137th 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
Known mammal species	116		[75th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	54,174		[24th of 199]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide from fossil fuels 2000	55		[24th of 25]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
Pollution > Carbon Dioxide per capita	3		[29th of 29]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual, 2002, and International Energy Outlook, 2001
Pollution > Municipal Waste per capita	330		[26th of 29]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Protected area	0.4		[134th of 147]
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, OECD Environmental Data Compendium
SO2 emissions per populated area	650 thousand metric tons/squ		[65th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	70		[25th of 158]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Water > Availability	2.59 thousand cubic metres		[74th of 141]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Freshwater pollution	1.1 tons/cubic km		[31st of 69]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.42 %		[62nd 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	0.64%		[92nd of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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