{"id":9555,"date":"2024-10-27T08:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T08:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=9555"},"modified":"2024-10-27T08:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T08:26:06","slug":"international-index-ranks-india-among-top-five-worst-performers-in-conservation-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=9555","title":{"rendered":"International Index Ranks India Among Top Five Worst Performers in Conservation Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Global Nature Conservation Index rated 180 countries based on 25 indicators including protected area cover, and India\u2019s rank is 176.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

India is among the five worst performers in conservation efforts as per the Global Nature Conservation Index 2024 released on October 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2024 Index covers 180 countries and ranks India at 176, with a score of 45.5. Faring worse than India are Micronesia (177), Iraq (178), Turkey (179) and Kiribati (180). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Index to measure conservation efforts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nature Conservation Index (NCI) assesses the effectiveness of countries\u2019 conservation efforts by taking into account 25 indicators. These include land management, threats to biodiversity, capacity and governance, and future trends based on already available environmental and conservation indices like Yale\u2019s Environmental Performance Index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several indicators make up each theme: for instance, land management looks at coverage of protected areas (both terrestrial and marine), representativeness of protected areas, connectedness of landscapes or lack of it (which is an indicator of habitat fragmentation), the extent of converted land (urban, industrial, agricultural) and sustainable practices in nitrogen and pesticide use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Index is the first ever of its kind and will be updated annually by The Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and non-profit website BioDB.com which are collaborating to develop the Index.\u00a0According<\/a>\u00a0to BioDB.com, the NCI \u201cis a tool that shows how well countries are protecting their natural environments\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat if players played a game without knowing the rules or having any idea of the scores?\u00a0Whether it\u2019s a race, a game, or an exam, rules, scores, and grades are essential to help participants understand their performance, set goals, and measure their success or areas for improvement,\u201d said Uri Roll, a professor at the Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, who was also part of a team that developed the Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the NCI was created to provide a standardized, global assessment of conservation efforts, provide actionable insights to improve global conservation strategies, and support informed decision-making to enhance global biodiversity protection and sustainable development,\u201d added Roll.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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India is <\/strong>among the worst five performers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the Index, India is faring very poorly. India has a score of 45.5 out of 100 and is therefore ranked 176 among 180 countries. Following India in overall rank as per the Index are Micronesia (177), Iraq (178), Turkey (179), and Kiribati (180). Led by Luxembourg, five European nations are among the top five in rank.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At rank 15, and with a score of 63.1, Bhutan is the only South Asian country among the top 50 ranks. Nepal is next, at rank 60. Sri Lanka and Pakistan are also ahead of India, at ranks 90 and 151 respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per the Index, India is faring badly when it comes to the \u2018Land Management\u2019 category. Under this section, India\u2019s score for Protected Areas \u2013 Terrestrial and Marine \u2013 is very low, at 2 and 0 respectively. Under the \u2018Threats to Biodiversity\u2019 category, India\u2019s\u00a0score<\/a>\u00a0for species coverage through Marine Protected Areas is also 0.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, under the same category of Land Management, India\u2019s\u00a0score<\/a>\u00a0for \u201cEcological Representativeness of Terrestrial Protected Areas\u201d (which captures how well-protected areas reflect the full range of ecosystems and habitats within a geographical region) is 100 (out of 100) \u2013 along with more than 50 other countries such as Bangladesh, Brazil, and Indonesia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the Index, India also scores highest (score of 100 out of 100, and a rank of 1) \u2013 along with several other countries \u2013 in ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity, and CITES.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/thewire.in\/environment\/international-index-ranks-india-among-top-five-worst-performers-in-conservation-efforts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Global Nature Conservation Index rated 180 countries based on 25 indicators including protected area cover, and India\u2019s rank is 176. India is among the five worst performers in conservation efforts as per the Global Nature Conservation Index 2024 released on October 24. The 2024 Index covers 180 countries and ranks India at 176, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[208,132,5301,1828,105,39,5303,5306,5307,3820,5304,5302,5305],"class_list":["post-9555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-climate-change","tag-economy","tag-emission-of-hazadious-gases","tag-environment","tag-geopolitics-2","tag-india","tag-industrail-polution","tag-lack-of-awareness","tag-no-policy-incentive-for-protecting-environment","tag-polution","tag-smog","tag-solid-waste","tag-poor-legislation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9560,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555\/revisions\/9560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}