Washington: Singapore – a country that looks good economically – has been listed as the unhealthiest nation in a new economic and environmental index that includes 152 countries around the world.
“We hear that countries are suffering financially every day in the news, but that only tells half the story. Piling up ecological deficits is just as concerning as piling up financial deficits – both have consequences for future generations,” said Rashid Sumaila, director of the UBC Fisheries Centre.
Singapore ranked last out of the 152 countries sampled. Despite recording a surplus of 28 per cent of GDP in 2007, “its ecological deficits are the worst in the world,” said Sumaila,
Spurred by the desire for higher short-term consumption, low and middle-income countries are following the lead of high-income nations, liquidating their ecological and economic capital. Full story
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