Mauritius advances outstandingly in the worldwide classification of Environmental performance Index (Epi) developed by the universities of Yale and from Columbia to the United States. The country ranks 6th this year while it was 58th in the last classification published in 2008. On the legal site dedicated to this classification, nothing explains nor is there any fantastic comments on this progress of the country and even less what is worth to Mauritius to be in this 6th rewarding place.
Iceland, Switzerland and Costa Rica are in the first lodges of this classification, the Scandinavian countries squat in the first places of where spoton policies in environment are applied. Sierra Leone, the Republic of the Centre Africa and Mauritania, appear among the poor pupils. There is a obvious correlation between the level of improvement and revenue per head and the respect for environmental policies. But the fact that the United States arrive at the 61th position, the 121th China and 28th Singapore recommend that wealth is not the only criterion. There is also the political will behind.
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Environmental performance Index classifies 163 countries agreeing to 25 measurable criteria in a dozen categories of environmental measurements. Indication is interested in two basic aspects, environment and health and vigor of the ecosystem. The research scientists compared so, the potential of air and its impact on health public, on the issue of whom, Maurice ranks sixth. At the level of the potential of water for the human beings, the country arrives at the 42nd place but with a score of 96 on 100 points. The country is fifth as for the passage to drinking water.
According to the same criterion, Madagascar (the neighboring country of Mauritius) is in the last places and India is 120th. As for the potential of water and for its impact on the ecosystem, for instance the potential of the water of rivers and ponds, the country is less definitely noted and arrives at the 57th position. Paradoxically, in spite of what they hear on the radios diffusion deprived every day, Mauritius is one of the countries where there is no lack of water. The country is in sixth position in term of water scarcity index. The Arab countries such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Emirates are at the rear of this bunch
Relatively, Mauritius is fourth concerning the least stressed countries in term of lack of water. In countries as Yemen, Syria, Israel and the Southern Africa, the lack of water is a true problem.
One of the explanations to the phenomena is that indication refers to the rainfall, which in Mauritius is more than sufficient to assure the needs of the country. While it is still unknown why the majority of the rain collected lost in the sea and that the 40% of the water leaks along the network of distribution. As for the impact of the potential of air on the ecosystem, Mauritius is less recognized and appears only on the 102nd place with 43 points only. Mauritius is therefore carefully below the approved on the criteria for the potential of the natural habitat and biodiversity and arrives at the 108th place.
Paradoxically, Mauritius is second in the fishing, while the fishers complain about nautical pollution and about discount of catches and while the inured divers triggered the alarm at the impoverishment of the reefs. Mauritius is on the 5th place as for the potential of air inside houses. Maurice is rather definitely noted as for the passage to the care of health. In Mauritius, the ozone layer is not alarming, contrarily the country is redundant in ozone, and the country ranks third. Mauritius is second in the domain of agricultural subventions.
As for the greenhouse gas emission Maurice is 42nd in comparison with its population.
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