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

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)	United States
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 resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers; limited natural fresh water resources in much of the western part of the country require careful management; desertification
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	10 Ranked 193th.	1.5 million Ranked 1st. 149985 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	0.348% Ranked 203th.	15.14% Ranked 83th. 44 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Proportion of land area under protection	0.477% Ranked 208th.	13.82% Ranked 111th. 29 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	0.301% Ranked 148th.	30.4% Ranked 19th. 101 times more than Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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