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Adjusted savings: net forest depletion > % of GNI	0.06 % of GNI		[34th of 57]
Areas under protection	68		[62nd of 146]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Carbon efficiency	1.14 CO2 emissions/$ GDP		[70th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
CO2 Emissions	14,098.3		[80th of 178]
Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Current issues deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution
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	1.45		[86th of 141]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Endangered species protection	88.9%		[34th of 141]
Source: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report 2000, Gland, Switzerland: 2000, and Redefining Progress.
Forest area > % of land area	45.34 % of land area		[53rd 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	175,400 km²		[33rd of 195]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Known mammal species	270		[21st of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
NOx emissions per populated area	0.21 thousand metric tons/squ		[77th of 141]
Source: World Resources Institute
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	4,810		[76th 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	7.9		[50th of 147]
Source: Gregg Marland, Tom Boden, and Bob Andres, University of North Dakota, via net publication
SO2 emissions per populated area	330 thousand metric tons/squ		[88th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Threatened species > Mammal	9		[93rd of 160]
Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Data Version 1.1, B1Illustrative Marker Scenario with model IMAGE
Water > Availability	3.4 thousand cubic metres		[64th of 141]
Source: Jacaranda Atlas
Water > Dissolved oxygen concentration	4.8 mls/litre		[133rd of 141]
Source: Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, WaterGAP 2.1B, 2001 via ciesin.org
Water > Freshwater pollution	0.42 tons/cubic km		[44th of 69]
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
Water pollution, wood industry > % of total BOD emissions	2.85 %		[33rd 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	1.04%		[86th of 141]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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