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Jordan ranked 64 among 133 countries in the Environment Performance Index.
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Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan)
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October 2, 2007
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Byline: Hana Namrouqa
Oct. 2--AMMAN -- Jordan ranked 64 among 133 countries in the Environment Performance Index, a survey ranking nations in pollution control and natural resource management.
The Kingdom was given an overall score of 66 per cent in the Yale and Columbia sponsored study, and advanced 20 positions in the rankings since a similar study was conducted in 2005.
Despite recent progress, local experts are unimpressed with the Kingdom's environmental track record.
Expressing his dissatisfaction over the report's results, Jordan Environment Society Executive Director Ahmad Kofahi believes the country could have done better in rankings.
"Jordan is ...