Forests, covering 31% of Earth's land, are crucial for ecological balance, biodiversity support, and essential ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and water regulation. However, climate change poses significant threats to these functions. This review examines its impa...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i3873
Plastic pollution has surged from 1.5 million tons produced in the 1950s to 335 million tons in 2016, with 9–23 million metric tons entering aquatic systems annually. This review examines plastic pollution’s characteristics—diversity, persistence, and combined effects with other...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i3871
Soil physical properties play a key role in maintaining and improving soil health by influencing the structure of soil, porosity, water infiltration, aggregation, and various chemical and biological properties. The physical properties are influenced by the various cultivation and...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i3870
Bengaluru Metropolitan Region (BMR) has undergone significant land use and land cover (LULC) transformations from 1990 to 2023 due to rapid urbanization and economic expansion. This study employs remote sensing and GIS techniques to analyze these spatiotemporal changes using mult...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2868
This study explores the challenges, opportunities, and pathways toward integrating circular economy (CE) principles into on-site sanitation systems in Kiribati. Inadequate sanitation and wastewater management, particularly in developing countries, contribute to health risks and e...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i3869
Water quality management is a critical aspect of sustainable development in Rwanda, where rapid population growth, urbanization, and climate change are putting significant pressure on water resources. This review highlights the current water quality issues in Rwanda, focusing on...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2866
Surface water, including lakes, rivers, and wetlands, plays a vital role in agriculture, industry, and climate regulation. Rapid and accurate mapping is essential for water resource management and disaster prevention, especially during floods and droughts. The aim of the study is...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2864
The present study assessed the impact of human invasion of water catchments and the sustainability of water supply in the Eastern Flank of Mount Cameroon. There is growing concern over the future of the world’s water resources due to the astronomical population growth and human i...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2865
Fluvial sediments have complex body geometry. This paper describes sediment facies and architectural elements of a mud-prone fluvial body and showcases a conceptualised stratigraphic framework that reflects sandstone geometry and dimensions in the rock record, drawing valuable le...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2863
Lichens have proven to be excellent bio indicators. An inventory of the lichens present in an area is an important step in assessing pollution. It is to assess the extent of air pollution that an inventory of the different species of lichens in an area along the heavy axis of the...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2862
The conventional method of forest plan preparation cannot provide real-time forest inventory data, making planning inefficient. It struggles with data synthesis, retrieval, and reliability due to scattered sources. GIS addresses these challenges by efficiently storing, retrieving...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2861
India is a country with diverse ecosystems, high endemism and rich biodiversity, it becomes the need of the hour to deploy large scale implementation of the most sophisticated technologies to capture and monitor the trends in biological diversity research. Traditional methods sho...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i2860
The growing urban population in developing countries has worsened the concerns surrounding issues on equal water availability and sustainable management. This study investigates household water demand patterns in Lagos, Nigeria, focusing on the socio-economic and spatial inequali...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i1859
This review investigates water quality issues in Malawi, revealing critical contamination sources such as industrial discharges, agricultural runoff, household waste, mining operations, and inadequate wastewater management. A systematic search was conducted across several databas...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i1858
Aim: This review explores advanced strategies of water contamination mitigation by integrated chemical and ecological solutions, assessing their efficiency in surface and groundwater treatment of harmful pollutants such as bromides and chlorides. The study aims to assess the valu...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2025/v29i1857