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Navjot S. Sodhi

• Evaluating the relative environmental impact of countries

  <p>Environmental protection is critical to maintain ecosystem services essential for human well-being. It is important to be able to rank countries by their environmental impact so that poor performers as well as policy &lsquo;models&rsquo; can be identified.

  • 06/05/2010

  • PLoS ONE
  • • Environment
    • Ecosystems
    • Climate Change
    • Industry
    • Asia
    • China
    • Brazil
    • India
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
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  Evaluating the relative environmental impact of countries

  A recent evaluation of relative environmental impact of countries published in PLoS ONE. Finds that 10 countries with the worst global footprint are Brazil, US, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Australia & Peru.

  • 03/05/2010

  • PLoS ONE
  • • Environment
    • Air Pollution
    • Land Use
    • Chemical Fertilisers
    • Marine Fisheries
    • Deforestation
    • Climate Change
    • Endangered Species
    • Economy
    • Population
    • Brazil
    • India
    • PLoS ONE
    • Global
    • Corey J. A. Bradshaw
    • Xingli Giam
    • Navjot S. Sodhi
    • Water Pollution