What are the top 10 countries most negatively impacting biodiversity? We know that for climate, China and the USA are the top greenhouse gas emitters, but what about the impact of countries on ecosystems?   About a month ago, The Biodiversity Footprint Intelligence Company (BioInt) published its second thought leadership piece, “Translating Biodiversity Goals into Action: A Global Budget Approach”. It argues for a step-change in biodiversity policies by applying the same accountability tools that have helped move climate policies towards net zero.   In it, we calculated the total impacts on ecosystem condition, as measured in #MeanSpeciesAbundance (MSA) of each country. That could form the basis for national budgets similar to the climate’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).   The added benefit is that we can rank countries!   And it reveals that In total, the 10 most negatively impactful countries represent +91 000 MSA.km², equivalent to approximately the size of Portugal being converted from an undisturbed pristine state to a lifeless parking lot every year. That is 21% of the total global periodic loss in 2023.   The top 10 “worst” countries are: 1️⃣ Russian Federation +15 900 2️⃣ Australia +10 800 3️⃣ Brazil +10 700 4️⃣ USA +10 600 5️⃣ Canada +10 100 6️⃣ India +9 600 7️⃣ DRC +7 900 8️⃣ Angola +5 500 9️⃣ Ethiopia +5 400 🔟 Argentina +4 600     💬 What about yours? Find your country in this database that we are releasing today: https://lnkd.in/eX4XQ26u Please let us know in the comments how your country fare and how you feel about it!   ⚠Disclaimer: Those figures are based on aggregation at the national level of data from a global layer (Schipper et al 2020) which is meant to be used at a global scale and has limitations. This ranking and database were thus prepared to stimulate discussions and competition to the top but the “real” figures and ranking are likely to differ from the figures presented. PS: I'll be in The Hague and Wageningen (Netherlands) on 18-19 November and in Zurich (Switzerland) on 5-6 December. I have a tight schedule but let me know if you'd like to meet! 😊