Environment Stats: compare key data on Australia & Western Sahara

Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
International agreements > Signed but not ratified: The various international environmental agreements which a country has signed but not ratified. Agreements are listed in alphabetical order by the abbreviated form of the full name.
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999: 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).
Proportion of land and marine area under protection: Terrestrial and marine areas protected to total territorial area, percentage.
Proportion of land area under protection: Terrestrial areas protected to total surface area, percentage.
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection: Marine areas protected to territorial waters, percentage.

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STAT	Australia	Western Sahara
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	sparse water and lack of arable land
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	none of the selected agreements	none of the selected agreements
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	94,008 Ranked 13th. 1446 times more than Western Sahara	65 Ranked 175th.
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	15.05% Ranked 85th. 2 times more than Western Sahara	6.71% Ranked 132nd.
Proportion of land area under protection	12.85% Ranked 115th. 2 times more than Western Sahara	5.77% Ranked 160th.
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	33.24% Ranked 15th. 82% more than Western Sahara	18.23% Ranked 32nd.

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