This paper examined human activities and their attendant impacts on the riparian ecosystem of the stream, a case study of ogangan stream in Igede-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria with the major aim to assess the rate of increase in human activities and its attendant impacts on the rip...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i430091
The topic of environmental protection has attained highest importance in this era globally but the practices of basic concepts of waste disposal are often neglected. People around the globe are aware of the impact of improper waste disposal practices, but the negative attitude of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i430090
Impaired sustainability of livelihoods, threatened survival of wildlife, and altered integrity of environments and ecosystems are the most persistent critical challenges plaguing the Maasai-inhabited savanna rangelands of Kenya. This study engages the Drivers-Pressures-States-Imp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i330089
The study is conducted to determine the correlation between climatic parameters and rice yield. The present study is also undertaken to analyze the land cover change in Sylhet district between 2013 and 2018 using LANDSAT-8 images. Local climate and rice yield data are collected f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i330088
Coastal zones are the most dynamic feature of earth surface in which lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere gets into contact with each other. Such dynamic process should be monitored with great importance as a large portion of the world’s population is living along the coastal...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i330087
Yao Kouadio Cyrille, Gbangbot Jean-Michel Kouadio, Diangone Eric, Monde Sylvain, Digbéhi Zéli Bruno & N’da Loukou Victor·Asian Journal of Geographical Research·2019
The biostratigraphic characterization of the Cretaceous carbonate levels of the offshore sedimentary basin of Côte d'Ivoire was made possible by a palynological and micropaleontological study of two drilling cutting (SN-X and DH-X). These sediments provided a rich microfauna cons...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i330086
Extensive living creatures on the Earth from 4.0 billion years ago to date lived and diversified under a specific physical & environmental condition of the Earth, where the Earth’s gravity plays an important role. But populations of this planet are growing so rapidly to the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i330085
Projected changes in temperature due to global climate change may have serious impacts on hydrologic processes, water resources availability, irrigation water demand, and thereby affecting the agricultural production and productivity. Therefore, understanding the impacts of clima...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i230083
Aims: To evaluate the perception and control measures towards environmental risk in Obio Akpor Local government area (LGA) of Rivers State. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Rivers State Waste Management Agency in Obio-Akpor LGA of Rivers State between...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i230082
In the last decade, the southwestern and western provinces of Iran have been heavily affected by aeolian dust deposition. As a result, the elemental composition of soil surfaces is influenced by dust transport as well as precipitation, wind speed and direction. The relationship b...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i230081
Habitat interior function effect from an area of specific edge depth in a forest patch. Every habitat has obviously an interior area, small or large size. Structurally it depends on the shape and edge depth ratio of the specific patch. The amount of habitat interior strengthens m...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i230080
Detecting Land use and land cover change and vegetation condition has become a central component in current strategies for managing and monitoring of environmental changes caused by anthropogenic activities. To come up with such decisions, geoinformatics technology is providing n...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i230079
This study was designed to mirror the deep issues behind the crisis in the Niger Delta region, using the oil exploration of Ogoniland as the case study and proffering possible solutions on how best to combat the identified problems. To achieve this aim, focus group discussions, u...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i130078
Aims: The aim of this research was to assess the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of victims and stakeholders on environmental disasters occurring in Businga territory. Study Design: This research employed a descriptive study design whereby the characteristics of respondents...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i130077
The Northern basement complex of Nigeria contains a large number of manganese deposits. So far, ten deposits of manganese have been reported by previous workers. These deposits occur within Precambrian metasediments (schist belt), mafic and ultramafic rocks which are Proterozoic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajgr/2019/v2i130076