Global Nature Conservation Index 2024:
India ranks 176th in the 2024 Global Nature Conservation Index. It is among the five lowest-ranked countries, along with Kiribati (180), Turkey (179), Iraq (178), and Micronesia (177), out of 180 nations.
- India’s low ranking is due to inefficient land management and increasing biodiversity threats.
- Nature Conservation Index (NCI) is developed by the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University and BioDB.com, a biodiversity database.
- The first NCI was launched in October 2024 to evaluate conservation efforts.
- It assesses four key markers: land management, biodiversity threats, capacity and governance, and future trends.
