INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
health, and ecosystem vitality.The EPI provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world
Using 40 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on a national scale of how close countries are to
established environmental policy targets.The EPI offers a scorecard that highlights leaders and laggards in environmental performance and
provides practical guidance for countries that aspire to move toward a sustainable future
comparable.Overall EPI rankings indicate which countries are best addressing the environmental challenges that every nation
and greenhouse gas intensity (-24.40), and indicators with the best performance trend related to black carbon growth rate (63), nitrogen
dioxide growth rate (87.30) in climate policy category, NOx growth rate (55), sulfur dioxide growth rate (40.70), sea acidification (47.90)
and fish stock status (20.60) in the ecosystem vitality class.Iran's environmental approachIran has a high diversity of species due to
geographical conditions, climatic diversity, huge water resources of the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf, and the Sea of Oman
environmental protection.Environmental measures and protection of natural resources, waste management, and other measures show Iran's
environmental approach, she further noted.According to the latest studies, about 1,300 species of vertebrates, including mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians, and aquatic fish, about 30,000 species of invertebrates, and 8,000 species of plants have been identified in the
country.Unfortunately, over the past two decades, human activities have led to alarming degradation of ecosystems, deletion of genes,
species, and biological capabilities; Human threats to biodiversity have accelerated the most over the past 50 years over the entire history
of human life.Out of 1,300 species of animals in the country, 130 of which are endangered and threatened, Hassan Akbari, deputy head of
