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Resources, Volume 13, Issue 2

2024 February - 16 articles

Cover Story: Geoparks are territorial organizations, whose primary aim is to foster sustainable local development through the promotion of geoheritage, geotourism and geoeducation. However, the distribution of these resources in geoparks may be uneven. We first review four cases of UNESCO Global Geoparks from different European countries (Czechia, Germany, Hungary and Portugal) where such a situation occurs, with consequences on tourism development. Then, we place particular focus on an aspiring geopark of the Land of Extinct Volcanoes in SW Poland, providing evidence of its geoheritage and geodiversity. This aspiring geopark integrates a mountainous, upland terrain and a lowland part, the latter with far fewer sites of interest and, apparently, fewer opportunities to successfully develop geotourism. View this paper
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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
95 Citations
3,074 Views
14 Pages

Technogenic Reservoirs Resources of Mine Methane When Implementing the Circular Waste Management Concept

  • Vladimir Brigida,
  • Vladimir Ivanovich Golik,
  • Elena V. Voitovich,
  • Vladislav V. Kukartsev,
  • Valeriy E. Gozbenko,
  • Vladimir Yu. Konyukhov and
  • Tatiana A. Oparina

17 February 2024

From a commercial viewpoint, mine methane is the most promising object in the field of reducing emissions of climate-active gases due to circular waste management. Therefore, the task of this research is to estimate the technogenic reservoirs resourc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,575 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Synthetic-Temporal Imagery as an Environmental Covariate for Digital Soil Mapping: A Case Study in Soils under Tropical Pastures

  • Fabio Arnaldo Pomar Avalos,
  • Michele Duarte de Menezes,
  • Fausto Weimar Acerbi Júnior,
  • Nilton Curi,
  • Junior Cesar Avanzi and
  • Marx Leandro Naves Silva

14 February 2024

Digital soil maps are paramount for supporting environmental process analysis, planning for the conservation of ecosystems, and sustainable agriculture. The availability of dense time series of surface reflectance data provides valuable information f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
21,312 Views
13 Pages

14 February 2024

The creation of the carbon market came forth as a tool for managing, controlling, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, combining environmental responsibility with financial incentives. Biochar has gained recognition as one of potential carbon offse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,910 Views
21 Pages

13 February 2024

Land use land cover (LULC) changes have emerged as a pivotal driver of environmental challenges in the Northwestern mountainous belts of Pakistan. These changes are increasingly recognized for their pervasive impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem ser...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,446 Views
15 Pages

Edaphic Drivers Influencing Forage Grasslands in Bujagh National Park, Iran

  • Mohsen Mahfouzi,
  • Amir Hossein Hamidian and
  • Mohammad Kaboli

13 February 2024

The edaphic and environmental changes in Bujagh grasslands have led to a gradual decline in the wintering waterbird populations in the associated national park. This has particularly affected forage habitats for birds, especially migratory geese. Our...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,702 Views
17 Pages

Multi-Decadal Nutrient Management and Trends in Two Catchments of Lake Okeechobee

  • Rachael Z. Cooper,
  • Sarina J. Ergas and
  • Mahmood Nachabe

13 February 2024

 Despite years of efforts to improve water quality, harmful algal blooms remain a chronic phenomenon, with devastating environmental, economic, and social impacts in many regions worldwide. In this study, we assessed the complexity of nutrient p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,044 Views
19 Pages

Ways to Improve the Effectiveness of Depressant Additives for the Production of Winter and Arctic Diesel Fuels

  • Ilya Bogdanov,
  • Yana Morozova,
  • Andrey Altynov,
  • Alina Titaeva and
  • Maria Kirgina

8 February 2024

Diesel fuel is the main fuel for transport and power generation for remote areas, especially the Arctic. For these territories, it is important to produce low-freezing fuel grades. The most effective way to improve the low-temperature properties of d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,394 Views
30 Pages

5 February 2024

Drilling-waste management is of great importance in the oil and gas industry due to the substantial volume of multi-component waste generated during the production process. Improper waste handling can pose serious environmental risks, including soil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,312 Views
23 Pages

5 February 2024

One of the most important methods of optimising water consumption is grey water recycling. From a technological point of view, the treatment of grey water guarantees that it can be reused for domestic or corporate purposes, but it raises the issue of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,594 Views
16 Pages

5 February 2024

Willingness to pay (WTP) for geological protection is essential for market-based geopark conservation tactic formulations. Whether geotourists are willing to pay and how much they prefer to pay might be influenced by different determinants. The prese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,118 Views
22 Pages

2 February 2024

Geoparks are territorial organizations, whose primary aim is to foster sustainable local development through the promotion of geoheritage, geotourism and geoeducation. Sites of significant interest from the perspective of geosciences (geosites), as w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
11,331 Views
25 Pages

1 February 2024

This paper examines the role of dynamic capabilities as resources for achieving environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and corporate social responsibility within the pillars of the Sustainable Development Goals. Economic growth and te...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,267 Views
21 Pages

The Bioenergetic Potential from Coffee Processing Residues: Towards an Industrial Symbiosis

  • Lorena Torres Albarracin,
  • Irina Ramirez Mas,
  • Lucas Tadeu Fuess,
  • Renata Piacentini Rodriguez,
  • Maria Paula Cardeal Volpi and
  • Bruna de Souza Moraes

31 January 2024

Coffee processing generates a large amount of organic waste, which has the potential for energy use through biogas production. Although Brazil dominates world coffee production, treating its residue with biogas technology is not a practice, especiall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,464 Views
10 Pages

Soybean Oil as a Green Solvent for the Recovery of Carotenoids from Banana Peel: Evaluation of the Storage and Processing on Final Product

  • Nara Michi de Faria Ishikiriyama,
  • Isabele Policarpo da Silveira,
  • Joyce Viana Silva,
  • Beatriz Pereira de Freitas,
  • Claudete Norie Kunigami,
  • Eliane Przytyk Jung and
  • Leilson de Oliveira Ribeiro

29 January 2024

This study aimed to recover carotenoids from banana peel by employing a solid-liquid extraction using soybean oil as a green solvent. The oil with the highest total carotenoid content was evaluated for storage stability (30 °C/90 days) and therma...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
8,952 Views
20 Pages

Natural Resource Optimization and Sustainability in Society 5.0: A Comprehensive Review

  • César Ramírez-Márquez,
  • Thelma Posadas-Paredes,
  • Alma Yunuen Raya-Tapia and
  • José María Ponce-Ortega

24 January 2024

In this study, we examine Society 5.0, defined as a future framework where advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and other digital innovations are integrated into society for sustainable resource manag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,578 Views
19 Pages

Saltwater Intrusion and Agricultural Land Use Change in Nga Nam, Soc Trang, Vietnam

  • Phan Chi Nguyen,
  • Pham Thanh Vu,
  • Nguyen Quoc Khuong,
  • Huynh Vuong Thu Minh and
  • Huynh Anh Vo

23 January 2024

Under the effects of saltwater intrusion from rising sea water levels, climate change, and socioeconomic issues, the Nga Nam district in Vietnam has suffered damage to its agriculture and changes in agricultural land use. This study aimed to investig...

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Resources - ISSN 2079-9276