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Acidification	0%		[112nd of 141]
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage > % of GNI	0.84 % of GNI		[38th of 179]
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage > % of GNI	0.02 % of GNI		[157th of 165]
Areas under protection	195		[32nd of 146]
Areas under protection (per capita)	7.68473 per 1 million people		[50th of 146]
Biodiversity richness	1		[37th of 53]
Biosphere reserves area	8,266 thousand hectares		[8th of 86]
Biosphere reserves area (per capita)	325.754 thousand hectares per 1		[10th of 86]
Breeding birds threatened	1.79%		[90th of 136]
Carbon efficiency	3.04 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[17th of 141]
CFC consumption	602,348		[4th of 107]
CFC consumption (per capita)	23.7378 per 1,000 people		[5th of 107]
CO2 Emissions	136,686		[26th of 178]
CO2 Emissions (per capita)	5.38662 per 1,000 people		[52nd of 176]
CO2 emissions > kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP	1.18 kg/PPP$		[10th of 170]
CO2 emissions > kt	143,952.2 kt		[27th of 195]
CO2 emissions > kt (per capita)	5.607 kt per 1,000 people		[64th of 196]
Current issues sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia; oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo; deforestation; soil degradation; urban and industrial pollution, especially along the Caribbean coast; threat to the rainforest ecosystem from irresponsible mining operations
Ecological footprint	2.88		[53rd of 141]
Endangered species protection	76.2%		[58th of 141]
Environmental agreement compliance	3.19		[59th of 70]
Fertiliser consumption	919.7 hundred grams/hectare		[59th of 141]
Forest area > % of land area	54.09 % of land area		[33rd of 195]
Forest area > sq. km	477,130 km²		[16th of 195]
Forest area > sq. km (per capita)	17,952.741 km² per 1,000 people		[33rd of 195]
Freshwater withdrawal	8.37		[44th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Agricultural	47%		[103rd of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Domestic	6%		[94th of 124]
Freshwater withdrawal > Industrial	7%		[57th of 124]
Groundwater withdrawals	0		[158th of 188]
International agreements > Party to Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
Known breeding bird species	547		[6th of 146]
Known breeding bird species (per capita)	21.5567 per 1 million people		[69th of 146]
Known mammal species	323		[12th of 145]
Known mammal species (per capita)	12.7291 per 1 million people		[65th of 145]
Marine areas under protection	16		[23rd of 95]
Marine areas under protection (per capita)	0.630542 per 1 million people		[43rd of 95]
Marine fish catch	315,413 tons		[36th of 141]
Marine fish catch (per capita)	12.4301 tons per 1,000 people		[41st of 141]
Non-wildness	0.75%		[111st of 141]
NOx emissions per populated area	0.41 thousand metric tons/squ		[43rd of 141]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day	94,174.65 kg/day		[32nd of 115]
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day per worker	0.21 kg per day per worker		[23rd of 115]
PM10, country level > micrograms per cubic meter	6.84 mcg/m³		[179th of 185]
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	34,341		[27th of 199]
Protected area	36.3		[2nd of 147]
SO2 emissions per populated area	590 thousand metric tons/squ		[69th of 141]
SO2 exports	1,434.99 hundred metric tons		[60th of 141]
Sustainability-satisfying companies	0%		[24th of 31]
Threatened species	66		[28th of 158]
Threatened species > Mammal	24		[31st of 160]
Total renewable water resources	1,233.2 cu km		[4th of 31]
Urban NO2 concentration	57 micrograms/m3		[51st of 141]
Urban SO2 concentration	33 micrograms/m3		[89th of 141]
Water > Availability	33.83 thousand cubic metres		[15th of 141]
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	8.4 mls/litre		[52nd of 141]
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.07 tons/cubic km		[64th of 69]
Water > Phosphorus concentration	0.45 mls/litre		[42nd of 141]
Water > Salinisation	175.58		[125th of 141]
Water > Severe water stress	2.4		[74th of 140]
Water > Suspended solids	3.93 mls/litre		[107th of 141]
Water pollution, chemical industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.16 %		[23rd of 114]
Water pollution, clay and glass industry > % of total BOD emissions	0.26 %		[28th of 112]
Water pollution, food industry > % of total BOD emissions	53.12 %		[35th of 114]
Water pollution, metal industry > % of total BOD emissions	13.7 %		[16th of 94]
Water pollution, other industry > % of total BOD emissions	3.31 %		[49th of 107]
Water pollution, paper and pulp industry > % of total BOD emissions	10.4 %		[55th of 111]
Water pollution, textile industry > % of total BOD emissions	7.51 %		[56th of 114]
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	1.53 %		[56th of 114]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area	264 thousand hectares		[44th of 112]
Wetlands of intl importance > Area (per capita)	10.4039 thousand hectares per 1 m		[60th of 112]
Wildness	50.77%		[20th of 141]

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