Environmental Performance Index 2008 [BETA]

Ecosystem Vitality

The EPI builds on measures relevant to the goals of reducing environmental stresses on human health, which we call the Environmental Health objective.

It also includes measures relevant to the goal of reducing the loss or degradation of ecosystems and natural resources – we call this the Ecosystem Vitality objective.

The core policy categories for Ecosystem include Climate Change, Air Effects on Ecosystems, Water Effects on Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Habitat, and Productive Natural Resources.

For discussion of component Policy Categories that are related to the well-being of ecosystems, please go to the category pages.


Comments
scst (Jul 18, 2008): Switzerland is a country with great arreas of hihg mountains – large regions should be like a dessert, which does not reproduce Oxigen (O2). How the reproduction of Oxigen and the production of CO2 is calculated for Switzerland and for Lichtenstein ?
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