Environment Stats: compare key data on Australia & Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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STAT	Australia	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	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	recent test drilling for oil in waters around Saint Pierre and Miquelon may bring future development that would impact the environment
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	15.05% Ranked 85th. 4 times more than Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3.49% Ranked 163th.
Proportion of land area under protection	12.85% Ranked 115th.	23.5% Ranked 50th. 83% more than Australia
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	33.24% Ranked 15th. 16 times more than Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2.09% Ranked 103th.

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