Jamaica Perfoms well on 2008 Environmental Peformance Index

The 2008 Environmental Peformance Index (EPI) ranks 149 countries on 25 indicators tracked across six established policy categories: Environmental Health, Air Pollution, Water Resources, Biodiversity and Habitat, Productive Natural Resources, and Climate Change Change.

Jamaica was ranked at number 54, outperforming other western and regional countries like Trinidad and Haiti. The top 10 ranked countries were Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Costa Rica, Austria, New Zealand, Lativa, Columbia and France.

The EPI identifies broadly-accepted targets for environmental performance and measures how close each country comes to these goals. As a quantitative gauge of pollution control and natural resource management results, the Index provides a powerful tool for improving policymaking and shifting environmental decision making onto firmer analytic foundations.

Source – EPI 2008 Country Scores

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