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

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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	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	Germany
Current issues	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	emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	10 Ranked 193th.	216,213 Ranked 5th. 21621 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	0.348% Ranked 203th.	49.04% Ranked 5th. 141 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Proportion of land area under protection	0.477% Ranked 208th.	48.03% Ranked 7th. 101 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	0.301% Ranked 148th.	64.46% Ranked 5th. 214 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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