India’s rapid growth as a leading fish producer and exporter has made its fisheries sector vital for economic development and rural livelihoods. However, the sector generates over 3 million metric tonnes of fish processing waste annually, much of which is discharged untreated int...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7757
The study is focused on assessment of drinking water quality using water quality index (WQI), for this study purpose used twelve water quality parameters like, pH, Electrical Conductivity, Total Dissolved Solids, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Bicarbonate, Chloride, Sulph...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7756
Massive populations have led to an increase in open landfills and spreading waste in cities and communities. The purpose of the study was to quantify the amount of compost that can be produced from the examined household trash and to ascertain the effects of compost and plant dil...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7755
Background: Soil heavy metal pollution is a significant environmental challenge that adversely affects soil fertility, food security, and human health, thereby hindering the achievement of global sustainability goals. This pollution arises from overexploitation, uncontrolled wast...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7753
Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus), native to the Indian subcontinent, exhibit unique ecological behaviours and habitat preferences intricately tied to vegetation structure and diversity. This review summarizes current literature on the role of vegetation in shaping the habitat selec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7754
This study assessed the spatial patterns and socio-economic factors influencing gully formation in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Gully erosion sites numbering eighty eight (88) were identified in planned and unplanned areas, coordinates of all the spatial lo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7752
Kishore S. M, Vinay G. N, Yamini, M, Manvanth Prakash, Sharatraddi Kencharaddi, Parvati. B. M, Bharathisha S.M & Shashank K. R·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2025
This review examined major pesticide-related incidents across India, highlighting their root causes, impacts and the recurring themes of corporate negligence, policy failure and grassroots resistance. A troubling legacy of acute disasters, chronic exposures, and systemic regulato...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7751
Growing awareness of landslide impacts and the need for urban development in challenging mountainous terrain has increased scientific interest in LSZ mapping. Landslide hazard assessment and mapping are crucial processes in understanding and mitigating landslide-related risks. Se...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7750
The rapid increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, coupled with nitrogen enrichment in soils, necessitates a thorough examination of their effects on plant growth and carbon sequestration potential. This study carried out during 2018 to 2019 in the department of Environmental...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7748
Mistletoe constitutes the most important parasitic plant group, which has been considered a damaging agent of many of our fruit-yielding, timber-yielding and other economically important trees. The present study provides a detailed enumeration of 9 species belonging to 5 genera o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i7747
Soils, being the foundation upon which several activities occur, have consequently experienced elevated levels of radionuclides. This is profoundly significant as soils serve as a transfer medium for radionuclides throughout the food chain, involving processes of systemic radionu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i6744
Banana trunk powder, an underutilized agricultural residue, is emerging as an ecological stabilizer for construction materials, combining technical performance and circular economy. The use of banana trunk powder as reinforcement in Stabilized Compressed Earth Blocks (SCEB) aims...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i6745
Salinity is a major abiotic stress limiting soybean productivity, particulary in salt-affected regions. A pot experiment was conducted in Okpoma, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, to compare the impact of increasing salinity levels (0, 4, 6 and 8 dS/m-1) on chlorop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i6746
Water supply is an essential requirement for people and it has intrinsic connection with lives and livelihoods. Water shortage affects households’ labour because of much time and energy spent on obtaining it. Unavailability of safe and clean water has several implications, among...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i6749
The "Liquid Tree" presents an innovative and sustainable approach to mitigating urban air pollution by using photobioreactors containing microalgae. This technology mimics and surpasses the natural process of photosynthesis, absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen to improv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i6743