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Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:

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STAT	Australia	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	HISTORY
Current issues	soil erosion from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species; the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast, the largest coral reef in the world, is threatened by increased shipping and its popularity as a tourist site; limited natural fresh water resources	introduction of foreign species on Iles Crozet has caused severe damage to the original ecosystem; overfishing of Patagonian toothfish around Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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