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Environments, Volume 4, Issue 2

June 2017 - 19 articles

Cover Story: Extensive deforestation and forest fragmentation in the Garhwal Himalaya (India) have caused serious environmental degradation, but data and documentation detailing this transformation are limited. Satellite remote sensing and the use of geographical information systems (GIS) have emerged as powerful tools to create a spatial inventory of natural resources and play crucial roles in monitoring and analyzing spatial and dynamic changes of an area. View the paper here.
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Articles (19)

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
8,850 Views
22 Pages

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 analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,042 Views
16 Pages

Leaf Wetness Evaluation Using Artificial Neural Network for Improving Apple Scab Fight

  • 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 importan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,053 Views
9 Pages

Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated with Living near Mining Waste Sites in Guerrero/Mexico

  • 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,159 Views
17 Pages

Establishment of an Aseptic Culture System and Analysis of the Effective Growth Conditions for Eleocharis acicularis Ramets for Use in Phytoremediation

  • 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 accumula...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
13,252 Views
18 Pages

Recycling of Rolling Stocks

  • 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 potenti...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
49 Citations
17,060 Views
15 Pages

Climate Change and Food In/Security: A Critical Nexus

  • 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 effec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,016 Views
17 Pages

The By-products and Emissions from Manufacturing Torrefied Solid Fuel Using Waste Bamboo Chopsticks

  • 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 and
  • Wei-Ren Chang
  • + 5 authors

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. Con...

  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
14,130 Views
14 Pages

Do Tick Attachment Times Vary between Different Tick-Pathogen Systems?

  • 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
10,032 Views
15 Pages

Determination of Water Quality Degradation Due to Industrial and Household Wastewater in the Galing River in Kuantan, Malaysia Using Ion Chromatograph and Water Quality Data

  • 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 identifie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
109 Citations
19,550 Views
16 Pages

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 fo...

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Environments - ISSN 2076-3298