A. A. Ijah, A. S. Abubakar, H. C. Ozoani, S. Adamu, O. O. Adedire, E. J. Zakka, F. M. Rasheed, O. Olukotun & S. Omodona·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2021
Samples of Municipal solid waste from dumps situated within four (4) markets located at Kawo, Monday, Sabo Tasha and Mando respectively, and two (2) residential areas located at Kabala Costain and Anguwan Sanusi in Kaduna metropolis were collected and segregated into various clas...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i430232
Aims: Assessing the conservation status of Raphia and the interaction between local populations and Raphia palm groves in Fotouni Study Design: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the West Region of Cameroon (Fotouni) Methodology:...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i330231
Most Sri Lankan Industries discharge or dispose of many waste materials in large quantities in solid, liquid, and gaseous forms. Due to the high cost of treatment, many industries dispose of wastes either to dumpsites or lowlands through third-party contractors. The haphazard dis...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i330230
Ecotourism is a melting pot of cultures and people. It is said that national and local pride can be created through the cultural appreciation of ecotourists, and local knowledge and the standard of living can be enhanced. The folklore or story about “Berbenota” the enchanted lady...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i330229
The agricultural valorization of wastewater has not been part of water resource management and poverty alleviation policies in Cameroon due to insufficient knowledge on its virtues. The aim of this work was to promote sanitation by using wastewater in agriculture in Dschang Munic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i330228
Aim: The study was aimed at determining the risk assessment of toxic metal concentration in soil and water at two abandoned Lead-Zinc mines Yonov District, Logo, Benue State, Nigeria. Study design: comparative cross-sectional study. Place and duration of study: This study was ca...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i330227
Background and objective: The productivity of fishing in marine waters provides an overview of the level of ability of the fishing gear used by fishermen to obtain optimal fish catches. This study aims to determine the productivity of fishing in locations around the construction...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i230226
An experiment was conducted by growing 25%, 50% and 100% initial densities of duckweed (Lemna minor) plants on dumpsite leachate under natural climatic conditions. Lemna minor (L. minor) growth and its ability to remove and absorb the nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) from lea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i230225
Water is an important requirement for life but its contamination via natural and anthropogenic activities is of great concern. This study determined some physicochemical parameters of drinking water from the main source (borehole), and selected storage vessels in Abimbola, Ayedaa...
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Proper implementation of land use planning may contribute to solving land use problems, including land use conflicts. Adherence to land plans depends on many factors which vary according to circumstances of a study area. The present study aims to contribute to knowledge needed to...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i230223
Land use plans have been considered as a solution to land use problems. Effectiveness of implementation of land use plan relies on a number of factors including strategies that are used to enhance adherence to the land use plan. For the study area, current and potential strategie...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i230222
Land use plans have been considered as a solution to land use problems and hence enhance ecological, economic and social sustainability of land use. Appropriateness of land use plans and hence its potential for adherence may rely on sufficiency of zones allocated for different la...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i130221
Forests are natural carbon reservoirs that play an important role in the global carbon cycle for storing large quantities of carbon in vegetation and soils. Carbon stored in pool helps in mitigating climate change by carbon sequestration. The vulnerable countries to changing clim...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v15i130219
Aims: This study assessed the level of climate change awareness among the forest-adjacent communities in the Kakamega-Nandi forest ecosystem complex. Four locations were chosen for the study, Buyangu and Isecheno in the Kakamega forest, Kaptumo in Nandi South and Kipsamoite in Na...
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A forest management plan is a document that guides management of a formally managed forest. The general description is a component of a forest management plan, which describes the target forest and the focal landscape in socioeconomic and ecological terms. This paper gives a gene...
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