Biomass represents an abundant renewable resource for the production of bioenergy and biomaterials and its exploitation could lead to overcome the dependence from petroleum resources. Indeed fossil energy and chemical sources are not unlimited and there is a critical need to turn the current way of life back to a sustainable manner. The conversion of biomasses into high value chemicals, energy ...

A major target or the attainment of sustainable development is maintenance a healthy environment within dynamics natural resource development. In order to achieve this target, mechanisms are put in place ensure that prior and during developmental process resource, reasonably spared consequences invasive exploitation activities. This makes it important for states laws regulations would guarantee...

Frequent droughts and their consequences result in the loss of groundwater, the deficiency of nutrients, the drying of surface water resources, and substantially more exploitation of the groundwater resources, which, altogether, cause the mobilization of saline waters to groundwater tables. This will impair the capacity of the aquifers and the quality of the water. The VIKOR method was applied ...

Stock assessment of Otolithes ruber was carried out using Virtual Population Analysis (VPA) method in the coastal waters of Northwest area of the Persian Gulf. Catch and length frequency data during 2002-2012 were converted to age frequency. The maximum of stock number and biomass were observed in age group 1 and 2, respectively. The minimum stock number and biomass were observed for age group ...

Hydrolysis and butanolysis of lignocellulosic biomass are efficient routes to produce two valuable bio-based platform chemicals, levulinic acid n-butyl levulinate, which find increasing applications in the field biofuels for synthesis intermediates chemical pharmaceutical industries, food additives, surfactants, solvents polymers. In this research, acid-catalyzed hydrolysis waste residue Cynara...

This paper explores the prospects for sustainable manufacturing. How will manufacturers respond to the future challenges in the socio-economic business environment and technological change? What is the scope for sustainable manufacturing assuming different socio-economic development paths? How will manufacturers adapt their Corporate Sustainability strategies to these developments? The paper th...

In this paper, I address the current process of redistribution of property rights on land and establishing of new economic relations in Ukrainian agricultural sector and assess opportunities for its sustainable development. While agriculture in the Ukraine should be and still has the potential to become an engine for economic growth, the combination of past exploitation and the slow pace of eco...