Environment Stats: compare key data on Canada & 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	Canada	Western Sahara
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	sparse water and lack of arable land
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Marine Life Conservation	none of the selected agreements
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	119,713 Ranked 7th. 1842 times more than Western Sahara	65 Ranked 175th.
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	7.02% Ranked 128th. 5% more than Western Sahara	6.71% Ranked 132nd.
Proportion of land area under protection	8.56% Ranked 140th. 48% more than Western Sahara	5.77% Ranked 160th.
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	1.35% Ranked 118th.	18.23% Ranked 32nd. 14 times more than Canada

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