Environment Stats: compare key data on Canada & Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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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:
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	Canada	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Current issues	air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities	overfishing by unlicensed vessels is a problem; reindeer were introduced to the islands in 2001 for commercial reasons; this is the only commercial reindeer herd in the world unaffected by the 1986 Chornobyl disaster
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	119,713 Ranked 7th. 11971 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	10 Ranked 193th.
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	7.02% Ranked 128th. 20 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.348% Ranked 203th.
Proportion of land area under protection	8.56% Ranked 140th. 18 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.477% Ranked 208th.
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	1.35% Ranked 118th. 4 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.301% Ranked 148th.

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