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Areas under protection	11		[111st of 146]
Carbon efficiency	5.75 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[3rd of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	121,045		[32nd of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues shrinkage of the Aral Sea is resulting in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification; water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders; increasing soil salination; soil contamination from buried nuclear processing and agricultural chemicals, including DDT
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	2.65		[60th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	50%		[88th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	7.75 % of land area		[157th 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	32,950 km²		[86th of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	97		[87th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Marine fish catch	0 tons		[114th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
NOx emissions per populated area	0.16 thousand metric tons/squ		[100th of 141]
Source: FAOSTAT on-line database
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	31,825		[30th 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	2.1		[116th of 147]
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.	10,000		[11th of 11]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
SO2 emissions per populated area	770 thousand metric tons/squ		[61st of 141]
Source: Wikipedia: Snow Leopard
Threatened species	22		[87th 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	7		[106th of 160]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Water > Availability	0.31 thousand cubic metres		[125th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	7.71 mls/litre		[71st of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Wildness	34.4%		[34th of 141]
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

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