Environment Stats: compare key data on United States & Wallis and Futuna

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STAT	United States	Wallis and Futuna	HISTORY
Current issues	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	deforestation (only small portions of the original forests remain) largely as a result of the continued use of wood as the main fuel source; as a consequence of cutting down the forests, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly prone to erosion; there are no permanent settlements on Alofi because of the lack of natural fresh water resources
Proportion of land and marine area under protection	15.14% Ranked 83th. 3051 times more than Wallis and Futuna	0.00496% Ranked 218th.
Proportion of land area under protection	13.82% Ranked 111th. 83 times more than Wallis and Futuna	0.166% Ranked 214th.

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