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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.27 % of GNI		[34th of 57]
Areas under protection	13		[105th of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	0.53 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[110th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	6,408.7		[97th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues water pollution from meat packing/tannery industry; inadequate solid/hazardous waste disposal
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	4.91		[35th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	62.5%		[78th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	8.6 % of land area		[155th 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	15,060 km²		[113rd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	81		[108th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.09 thousand metric tons/squ		[127th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	1,787		[98th 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	0.3		[140th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	170 thousand metric tons/squ		[105th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species	17		[105th 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	5		[126th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	24.24 thousand cubic metres		[20th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.03 tons/cubic km		[66th 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	0.6 %		[60th 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	2.39%		[80th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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