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

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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)	Japan
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	air pollution from power plant emissions results in acid rain; acidification of lakes and reservoirs degrading water quality and threatening aquatic life; Japan is one of the largest consumers of fish and tropical timber, contributing to the depletion of these resources in Asia and elsewhere
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	10 Ranked 193th.	315,274 Ranked 3rd. 31527 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	0.348% Ranked 203th.	10.97% Ranked 107th. 32 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Proportion of land area under protection	0.477% Ranked 208th.	16.54% Ranked 93th. 35 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	0.301% Ranked 148th.	5.59% Ranked 71st. 19 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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