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Acidification	0%		[114th of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.21 % of GNI		[133rd of 179]
Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.27 % of GNI		[34th of 57]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	1.79 % of GNI		[5th of 165]
Areas under protection	13		[105th of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	3.80562 per 1 million people		[69th of 146]
Biosphere reserves area	200 thousand hectares		[62nd of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	58.548 thousand hectares per 1		[35th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	4.64%		[35th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	0.53 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[110th of 141]
CFC consumption	11,525.6		[38th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	3.37401 per 1,000 people		[21st of 107]
CO2 Emissions	6,408.7		[97th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	1.87608 per 1,000 people		[89th of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	0.16 kg/PPP$		[134th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	4,369.96 kt		[113rd of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	1.279 kt per 1,000 people		[117th of 196]
Current issues water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
Ecological footprint	4.91		[35th of 141]
Endangered species protection	62.5%		[78th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	4.3		[38th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	1,058.17 hundred grams/hectare		[51st of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	8.6 % of land area		[155th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	15,060 km²		[113rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	4,348.583 km² per 1,000 people		[83rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	3.15		[56th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	96%		[10th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	2%		[113rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	1%		[99th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[160th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
International agreements > Signed but not ratified Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
Known breeding bird species	115		[134th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	33.6651 per 1 million people		[45th of 146]
Known mammal species	81		[108th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	23.7119 per 1 million people		[35th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	4		[53rd of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	1.17096 per 1 million people		[28th of 95]
Marine fish catch	79,683 tons		[62nd of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	23.3264 tons per 1,000 people		[26th of 141]
Non-wildness	4.24%		[55th of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.09 thousand metric tons/squ		[127th of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	15,832.29 kg/day		[51st of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.28 kg per day per worker		[8th of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	134.24 mcg/m³		[7th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,787		[98th of 199]
Protected area	0.3		[140th of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	170 thousand metric tons/squ		[105th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,659.94 hundred metric tons		[52nd of 141]
Threatened species	17		[105th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	5		[126th of 160]
Total renewable water resources	139 cu km		[14th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	49.92 micrograms/m3		[71st of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	40.04 micrograms/m3		[78th of 141]
Water > Availability	24.24 thousand cubic metres		[20th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.12 mls/litre		[62nd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.03 tons/cubic km		[66th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.31 mls/litre		[81st of 141]
Water > Salinisation	446.24		[86th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	0		[124th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	4.32 mls/litre		[93rd of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	6.56 %		[48th of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.1 %		[59th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	79.23 %		[3rd of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.2 %		[53rd of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.18 %		[52nd of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.72 %		[65th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.4 %		[42nd of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.6 %		[60th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	407 thousand hectares		[36th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	119.145 thousand hectares per 1 m		[16th of 112]
Wildness	2.39%		[80th of 141]

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