in recent years, the debate over the environmental sustainability of agricultural productions is widely increased. in this context, environmental impacts of potato production by semi-mechanized method were studied in markazi province of iran. in this research, life cycle assessment approach was used to identify and reduce environmental impacts. the environmental impacts of potato production in ...

There is much controversy surrounding the poverty-environmental degradation nexus. The predominant school of thought argues that poverty is a major cause of environmental degradation and if policy makers want to address environmental issues, then they must first address the poverty problem. Another school of thought argues that a direct link between poverty and environmental degradation is too ...

Sierra Leone is blessed with abundant natural resources but yet prone to environmental degradation due to the mining operations. Most often, the mining communities are faced with social tensions, as a result of the possible trade-off between the expected employment impact and the cost of mining operations to the environment. Over the past decades, the contribution of the mining sector to the de...

The environmental consequences of increasing human population size are dynamic and nonlinear, not passive and linear. The role of feedbacks, thresholds, and synergies in the interaction of population size and the environment are reviewed here, with examples drawn from climate change, acid deposition, land use, soil degradation, and other global and regional environmental issues. The widelyassum...

India has large resources of natural fibres such as Banana, Khus, Sisal, Korai grass,Talipot, Palm leaf, Coconut, Pineapple, Screwpine, Golden grass, Jute and Sabaiamong others. In the past, trade of the village folk depended on harvesting fibresgrown in their villages. Natural fibers have recently gaining attraction of researchersdue to their low cost eco-friendly and biodegradability characte...

adsorption of anilofos was studied in four soils (topsoil from alfisol, inceptisol, oxisol and vertisol). the order of adsorption of anilofos was vertisol > oxisol > alfisol > inceptisol. the soil sorption coefficient k and the soil organic carbon sorption coefficient koc are the basic parameters used for describing the environmental fate of the herbicides. in top soil the calculated k values ...

We examine the determinants of environmental quality by using carbon dioxide emission levels as a proxy for environmental degradation. Our confirmatory, but different approach to analyzing Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) patterns in the data yield results that do not always agree with those found in the literature, which itself has no conclusive answer as to whether an EKC exists. We find tha...

Land degradation impacts on several critical environmental issues such as food security, diminishing quality and quantity of fresh water resources, preservation of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, and global climate change. Land degradation is responsible for soil erosion and can eventually lead to desertification. The International Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) defines des...

Each year vast amounts of plastic are produced worldwide. When released to the environment, plastics accumulate, and plastic debris in the world's oceans is of particular environmental concern. More than 60% of all floating debris in the oceans is plastic and amounts are increasing each year. Plastic polymers in the marine environment are exposed to sunlight, oxidants and physical stress, and o...