Montenegro took the 74th place in the list of ecological countries in the world, according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), the Center for the Protection and Study of Birds (CZIP) announced today.
CZIP added that this ranking system was developed by Yale and Columbia universities in cooperation with the World Economic Forum, which aims to measure the ecological and ecosystem vitality of each country.
"This year's results show that Montenegro, as an ecological country according to the Constitution, is not on an enviable path. Only four years ago it was in 47th place, which was discouraging even then. Today, in front of it, we have Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Albania, which was not the case in previous years. On this list, Montenegro is in 74th place, while Slovenia is in 18th place, Croatia is in 34th place, Serbia is in 45th place, and Albania is in 62nd place," the announcement states. CZIP.
From that non-governmental organization, they added that the first place of the ecological country was taken by Denmark, followed by Luxembourg, while Switzerland was in third place.
"EPI provides an overview of the global and individual situation of each country, in the field of environmental protection. As such, it serves as an excellent incentive for solving the problems present in a particular country. This index has been used for 15 years, especially in measuring the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and fulfilling the obligations of international agreements in the field of climate change. The index measures the ecological and ecosystem vitality of each country, and the impact on human health. Thus, data related to quality, i.e. air pollution, availability as well as water quality, exposure to risks from impacts are processed to health," said CZIP.
They also stated that data on the impact of agriculture, biodiversity and habitats, climate change, forests, fisheries, water resources and wastewater treatment are also included.
"The overall results show that we need to develop better activities in all fields, in order to restore the integrity of the ecological state," concludes the CZIP announcement.
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