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Resources, Volume 9, Issue 12

December 2020 - 13 articles

Cover Story: Reed has a long tradition as locally available thatching material, but today, thatch is a globally traded commodity. A written survey among all thatchers in Northern Germany was carried out in 2019. The total market volume of reed for thatching was estimated for 2018 at 3 ± 0.8 million bundles with a monetary value of € 11.6 ± 2.8 million. Reed from Germany held a low share of 17% of the total consumption. The cultivation of reed in paludiculture, i.e., as a climate-smart land use alternative to drainage-based agriculture on peatlands, can increase the availability of thatching reed in Germany and simultaneously reduce GHG emissions. View this paper
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Articles (13)

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,151 Views
16 Pages

18 December 2020

Risk assessment for drinking water systems combines sanitary inspections (SI) and water quality testing and is critical for effectively managing the safety of these systems. SI forms consist of question sets relating to the presence of potential sour...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,947 Views
36 Pages

17 December 2020

The production and use of crude oil-based materials, e.g., fossil fuels and bulk chemicals of organic origin, results in an increasing level of CO2 emissions within the atmosphere. One way to reduce such CO2 emissions is to substitute them with synth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,703 Views
21 Pages

16 December 2020

Reed has a long tradition as locally available thatching material, but nowadays thatch is a globally traded commodity. Germany and other major importing countries such as the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Denmark rely on high import rates to m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,851 Views
16 Pages

The Drive towards Consensual Perspectives for Enhancing Sustainable Mining

  • Abdul-Wadood Moomen,
  • Pierre Lacroix,
  • Michela Bertolotto and
  • David Jensen

16 December 2020

This paper investigates key innovative paradigms that seek enhanced consensus building on the sustainable mining agenda of the mineral resource development industry and realities on the ground. It reviews the 55 most relevant academic articles from 2...

  • Review
  • Open Access
150 Citations
21,135 Views
15 Pages

Producing Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Review of Sustainable Sources and Future Trends for the EPA and DHA Market

  • Laura Oliver,
  • Thomas Dietrich,
  • Izaskun Marañón,
  • Maria Carmen Villarán and
  • Ramón J. Barrio

16 December 2020

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (Omega-3 PUFA) are recognized as being essential compounds for human nutrition and health. The human body generates only low levels of Omega-3 PUFA. Conventional sources of Omega-3 PUFA are from marine origin. Howe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,414 Views
30 Pages

13 December 2020

This paper reviews the recent use of the term “geotourism potential” in the scientific literature and proposes a new approach to the concept of geotourism potential. The concept assumes that every geotourism object has the well-developed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
21,624 Views
20 Pages

Lean Management Approach to Reduce Waste in HoReCa Food Services

  • Bartłomiej Gładysz,
  • Aleksander Buczacki and
  • Cecilia Haskins

8 December 2020

A significant share of food waste originates in the food services domain and HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, catering) sector. Organizational improvements leading to the decrease of food waste and costs in restaurants are needed. The literature reports...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,729 Views
17 Pages

7 December 2020

We collected and analyzed morphological characteristics and tissue nutrient concentrations of common reed (Phragmites australis) populations from Denmark, USA, and China, harvested late summer at the peak of the biomass production. The aim was to est...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,977 Views
19 Pages

The Potential for Citizen Science to Improve the Reach of Sanitary Inspections

  • Jo Herschan,
  • Richard King,
  • Theresa Mkandawire,
  • Kenan Okurut,
  • Dan J. Lapworth,
  • Rosalind Malcolm and
  • Katherine Pond

6 December 2020

To achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking-water quality and sanitation for all, and 10, to reduce inequality within and among countries, additional and urgent work is required. E...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,284 Views
20 Pages

2 December 2020

Changes in forest range are caused by human activity in many regions of the world. The aim of this paper is an attempt to determine the impact of pastoral and forest management on changes in forest cover and their fragmentation in the Silesian Beskid...

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