Environments  

Md. Habibur Rahman and Md. Danesh Miah

The present study investigates the forest governance structure for REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) implementation in a protected forest of Bangladesh, namely Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary (RKWS). The study analyses t... see more

Alessandro Stella, Gennaro Caliendo, Farid Melgani, Rino Goller, Maurizio Barazzuol and Nicola La Porta

Precision agriculture represents a promising technological trend in which governments and local authorities are increasingly investing. In particular, optimising the use of pesticides and having localised models of plant disease are the most important goa... see more

María de Lourdes Soto-Ríos, Cuauhtémoc Arturo Juárez-Pérez, Francisco Javier Rendón-Gandarilla, Oscar Talavera-Mendoza and Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid

Blood lead levels (BLL) in children are associated with lead in soil and represent a major public health problem; however, there are few reports of lead contamination related to mining waste sites in Mexico. Therefore, we conducted a cross-sectional study... see more

Yasushi Sato, Shinpei Goto, Shoya Teraoka, Katsuya Takagaki, Akinari Takehara, Sakae Sano and Masayuki Sakakibara

Eleocharis acicularis, an aquatic macrophyte of the Cyperaceae family, has been shown to accumulate multiple heavy metals and has great potential for use in the phytoremediation of contaminated soil and water. To investigate the mechanism of accumulation ... see more

Rafael Favoretto Silva and Sakdirat Kaewunruen

This review paper highlights feasible and practicable approaches for managing end-of-life rolling stocks. It aims to promote and enable sustainable procurement policy for rolling stocks. Firstly, it demonstrates that modern rolling stocks can potentially ... see more

Md Saidul Islam and Andrea Ting Wong

The issue of climate change has been gaining widespread attention and concern as it has the ability to directly/indirectly affect our standard of living and quality of life. It has often been postulated that changes in climate would have a vast effect on ... see more

Yen-Hau Chen, Chia-Chi Chang, Ching-Yuan Chang, Min-Hao Yuan, Dar-Ren Ji, Chungfang Ho, Chyow-San Chiou, Je-Lueng Shie, Yi-Hung Chen, Wei-Ren Chang, Tzu-Yi Yang, Tsung-Chi Hsu, Michael Huang, Chao-Hsiung Wu and Far-Ching Lin

Although the main purpose of the torrefaction of biomass is to produce high quality solid bio-fuel, the by-products, including liquid and gas products, are worth investigating to know their effects on the environment and the reusable possibility. Conseque... see more

Stephanie L. Richards, Ricky Langley, Charles S. Apperson and Elizabeth Watson

Improvements to risk assessments are needed to enhance our understanding of tick-borne disease epidemiology. We review tick vectors and duration of tick attachment required for pathogen transmission for the following pathogens/toxins and diseases: (1) Ana... see more

Daisuke Kozaki, Norhasmira Idayu Binti Harun, Mohd Hasbi Bin Ab. Rahim, Masanobu Mori, Nobutake Nakatani and Kazuhiko Tanaka

Water quality of the Galing River in Kuantan, Malaysia was examined to understand the anthropogenic environmental load in each administrative section, using water quality monitoring data and land use pattern. The National Physical Plan 2005 identified Kua... see more

Amit Kumar Batar, Teiji Watanabe and Ajay Kumar

The Garhwal Himalaya has experienced extensive deforestation and forest fragmentation, but data and documentation detailing this transformation of the Himalaya are limited. The aim of this study is to analyse the observed changes in land cover and forest ... see more

Mattia Pierpaoli, Maria Letizia Ruello and Gabriele Fava

Adsorption of pollutants on activated carbon is an effective air pollution control technique. In this study, a strong and non-uniform electric field was applied over an activated carbon fiber cloth. The adsorption kinetic of several organic compounds (Ace... see more

Thomas Klein, Mats Nilsson, Anders Persson and Bertil Håkansson

In this study, we explore the potential of open and accessible data in combination with interactive cloud-processing capabilities for applications in environmental monitoring and policies. During the last few years, the amount of open Earth observation an... see more

Marianna Dedousi, Valentina Mamoudaki, Spyros Grigorakis and Dimitris P. Makris

Olive leaves (OLL) represent a major waste generated during the production of olive oil, but there is a great potential for their valorization, because they provide important content in polyphenolic phytochemicals, which possess several bioactivities. In ... see more

Limei Huang, Yaqi Lu, Zhenyue Wu, Meishan Li, Shengchang Xiang, Xiuling Ma and Zhangjing Zhang

The environmental pollution of 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP) has attracted attention. Based on an urgent need for the better provision of clean water, in situ determination of TBP is of great importance. Here, a facile and effective approach for detecting TB... see more

Him L. Shrestha, Trishna S. Bhandari, Bhaskar S. Karky and Rajan Kotru

Crop productivity is directly dependent on soil fertility. High organic carbon content in soil is vital as it leads to improved soil quality, increased productivity, and stable soil aggregates. In addition, with the signing of the climate agreement, there... see more

Okhumode H. Yakubu

On 4 August 2011, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) submitted an unprecedented, scientific, groundbreaking environmental assessment report (EAR) on Ogoniland to the Nigerian government. This was the outcome of a 14-month intensive evaluation of th... see more

Fernanda Batista Silva, Karla Maria Longo and Felipe Marques de Andrade

The spatial and temporal variability patterns of the urban heat island (UHI) in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo (MASP) were investigated using hourly temperature observations for a 10-year period from January 2002 to December 2011. The empirical orthog... see more

Bastian Paas, Jonas Stienen, Michael Vorländer and Christoph Schneider

Air quality assessment is an important task for local authorities due to several adverse health effects that are associated with exposure to e.g., urban particle concentrations throughout the world. Based on the consumption of costs and time related to th... see more

Eric M. Mortey, Eric A. Ofosu, Dmitri V. Kolodko and Amos T. Kabobah

Sustainable hydroelectric projects are judged by their contribution to sustainable development, long-term viability, and ability to integrate sustainability goals. This paper analyses the Bui hydroelectric dam in Ghana vis-à-vis these expectations using s... see more