Environment Stats: compare key data on Germany & 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	Germany	Western Sahara
Current issues	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	sparse water and lack of arable land
International agreements > Signed but not ratified	none of the selected agreements	none of the selected agreements
Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999	216,213 Ranked 5th. 3326 times more than Western Sahara	65 Ranked 175th.
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	49.04% Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Western Sahara	6.71% Ranked 132nd.
Proportion of land area under protection	48.03% Ranked 7th. 8 times more than Western Sahara	5.77% Ranked 160th.
Water > Proportion of marine area under protection	64.46% Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Western Sahara	18.23% Ranked 32nd.

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