What is the Gross Environment Product Index?

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About Gross Environment Product Index:

It is presented as a novel, integrative metric designed exclusively to evaluate ecological development caused by human interventions.
It will be determined by the condition of four main constituents of the environment which are directly impacted by development activities including air and water quality, number of trees planted in a year and the measure of the area of organic soil.
The formula is, GEP index = (Air-GEP index + Water-GEP index + Soil-GEP index + Forest-GEP index)
It provides quantzierte assessments of improvements in air, water, soil, and forest quality.
Significance
- It helps in assessing the impact of anthropological pressure on our ecosystem and natural resources.
- It provides a robust and integrated method for assessing a state’s ecological growth, capturing various facets of environmental well-being as a result of human actions

Q1: What is anthropology?

It studies human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species.

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