Malaysia is one of the top ten countries creating the most negative environmental impact in the world, according to a new study released by University of Adelaide Environmental Institute of Australia.
The study, Evaluating the Relative Environmental Impact of Countries, uses seven indicators of environmental degradation; natural forest loss, habitat conversion, marine captures, fertilizer use, water pollution, carbon emissions and species threat.
Unlike the existing rankings, this study deliberately shuns human health and economic data, and instead focused on environmental impact only.
Other variables; bushmeat harvest, coral reef habitat quality, seagrass loss, freshwater habitat degradation, illegal fishing, invertebrate threat patterns, and some forms of greenhouse gas emission, were eliminated due to a lack of country-specific data.
Environmental protection is crucial to maintain the ecosystem services that are essential for human well-being.
Listed here are the top ten countries creating the most negative environmental impact in the world.
This 'proportional' environmental impact ranking, is measured against total resource availability, and an 'absolute' environmental impact ranking which measures total environmental degradation at a global scale.
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