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Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to the 5th International Conference on Environmental Protection, Sustainable Production, and Examples of Best Practices (ZORH), which will be held from April 9 to April 11, 2025, at the Faculty of Chemistry and Technology in Split, Croatia (https://zorh.ktf-split.hr/en/naslovna-english/).
Continuing the successful tradition of this international event, which has attracted over 150 participants from various countries each year, we aim to foster a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange.
The conference will bring together experts from academia, research institutions, and industry to address current challenges and present innovative solutions for environmental protection.
The program will feature oral and poster presentations, lectures by leading experts and scientists, networking opportunities, and possibilities for collaboration.
We invite you to participate in the conference by giving an oral or poster presentation. The registration fee for early submissions (by March 4, 2025) is 1OO EUR, and for late submissions, the fee will be 120 EUR.
Undergraduate and graduate students are exempt from the registration fee.
Please help us with your contribution to make the conference as good as possible.
Thank you in advance
Ladislav Vrsalović
Modern design concepts pay more and more attention to environmental protection and social responsibility
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The horticulture sector faces a series of challenges related to environmental protection, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, and the achievement of healthy, sustainable, and competitive productions. Adopting nature-based solutions (NBSs) in horticulture may be an innovative approach to address current challenges.
Therefore, horticultural ecosystems need environmentally friendly technologies and practices that agree with the principles of sustainable development and environmental protection.
NBS includes a wide range of tools or practices, such as the use of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF), plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), cover crops, and landscape features.
This Special Issue aims to provide valuable insight into the latest advancements using nature-based solutions to improve the sustainability of horticultural ecosystems. All types of articles, such as original research papers, reviews, and opinions, are welcome.
Dr. Gheorghe Cristian Popescu
Dr. Mehmet Yaman
Dr. Monica Popescu
Dr. Beppe Benedetto Consentino
Guest Editors
In the mining sector, environmental protection is a critical aspect that must be prioritized. What are the practical ways we can be used to reduce waste and conserve natural resources?
How can we rationally utilize biological resources to meet the needs of human development while protecting the natural ecological environment?
How can we create policies that stimulate individual behavioural change towards environmental protection without imposing a financial burden on low-income households?
In your local context, what cultural challenges are the biggest obstacles to adopting sustainable solutions and how can we overcome them?
How can businesses and communities work together to develop more efficient green economic models that create economic benefits for both parties?
How should environmental education be integrated into the primary school curriculum to foster environmental awareness among future generations?
How can modern information and communication technologies be leveraged to raise community awareness and action in mitigating the impacts of climate change?
What initiatives are needed to promote citizen participation in monitoring and reporting environmental issues in their area?
What financial support programs can be designed to encourage households and small businesses to adopt green technologies?
How can we create a global network of cooperation between cities to share knowledge, experience and resources in combating climate change?
These questions not only help to broaden the discussion, but also promote the search for innovative and effective solutions, while encouraging the participation of many different stakeholders.
K. R. Tarantseva and Klara Tarantseva are the same person from Penza State Technological University. I am Klara Tarantseva (K.R. Tarantseva). I am a Head of the Department: Biotechnololy and Environment Protection.
I have been working at this university and have been the head of my laboratory for more than 25 years. Elena Krasnaya is not the head of the laboratory, she is only a member of this laboratory.
I confirm that both accounts are mine and I want them to be merged
Can the non-implementation of electoral promises on the issues of sustainable economic development, green transformation of the economy, increasing pro-climate and pro-environmental policy measures by the political options winning the elections be considered as antisocial activities and not in compliance with basic human rights and the Constitution?
In recent years, more and more different political options during election campaigns before parliamentary and other political elections have added to their election slogans the issues of sustainable economic development, green transformation of the economy, increasing pro-climate and pro-environmental policy measures, including a significant increase in the development of renewable energy sources, decarbonization of industry, development of sustainable organic agriculture, sustainable energy-efficient construction, electromobility, recycling, development of sustainable tourism, development of urban agglomerations in accordance with the concept of green smart city, significant increase in the scale of reclamation of natural environments in areas degraded by industrial development, increase in the scale of protection of biodiverse natural ecosystems, natural forest ecosystems, increase in the scale of reforestation and other aspects of a sustainable green circular economy, and after winning the elections, they only slightly implement their election promises to citizens, or do not implement these promises at all. Since the scale of this phenomenon is growing so the importance of the discussions held in the issues of not fulfilling election promises on the issues of sustainable economic development, green transformation of the economy, increasing pro-climate and pro-environmental policy measures by the political options winning the elections is also increasing. When this kind of situation is repeated repeatedly in a certain country then citizens begin to consider the possibility of recognizing this kind of unreliable political activity as antisocial and perhaps also not in accordance with basic human rights and the Constitution.
I am conducting research on this issue. I have included the conclusions of my research in the following article:
I invite you to discuss this important topic for the future of the planet's biosphere and climate.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
Can the non-implementation of election promises on the issues of sustainable economic development, green transformation of the economy, increasing pro-climate and pro-environmental policy measures by the political options winning the elections be considered as antisocial activities and not in compliance with basic human rights and the Constitution?
Can the non-fulfillment of election promises by election-winning political options be considered antisocial activity?
What do you think about this topic?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.
In writing this text, I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
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Although health consciousness, religion, environmental protection, animal respect, etc., would be common sense examples in society, there might be a small portion of people who tend to change their eating habits, such as plant-based meat as an example. Therefore, may I know any three (e.g., nutrition, taste, texture, etc.) or other recommendations to aware more Asians, like Hong Kong people, foster awareness of the advantages of plant-based meat cum environmentally friendly in their mindset easily?
In your opinion, should the issue of ensuring climate and environmental security for people become part of basic human rights? Should adherence to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the urgent implementation of the green transformation of the economy also be recognized internationally, globally, as the basis for ensuring the conditions of existence for the life of future generations on planet Earth, ensuring the possibility of saving the biosphere, the biodiversity of natural ecosystems and the climate for future generations of people, for reducing the scale of the occurrence of global climate and environmental catastrophe in the near future? Therefore, for all of the aforementioned issues, should they be upgraded and recognized as one of the key factors in ensuring the survival of humanity on the planet and, therefore, recognize that they are important determinants of basic human rights? Recognize the right to clean air, to clean water, to an undestroyed biosphere, to a forest undegraded by predatory management, to an unsterilized soil, etc. as basic human rights, i.e. rights that will ensure human security for future generations of people?
With reference to the article published titled: "HUMAN SECURITY AS AN ELEMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW" of research results on the issue of climate and environmental security, the accelerating process of global warming generated by civilization's greenhouse gas emissions, the increasing scale of the negative effects of the climate crisis, the decreasing scale of human security, the increasing importance and scale of the implementation of the goals of sustainable development and the need to accelerate and increase the efficiency of carrying out the green transformation of the economy, I propose a discussion on the above topic. The research shows that one of the important factors in the increase in the importance and scale of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the need to accelerate and increase the efficiency of carrying out the green transformation of the economy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, slowing down the process of the planet's greenhouse effect, slowing down the process of global warming, which continues to progress faster and faster, reducing the scale of droughts, forest fires, water shortages, declining production of agricultural crops and other negative effects of progressive and human-induced climate change is to recognize human security as an important factor in the context of legislation and to recognize the issue of ensuring climate and environmental security as an important element of basic human rights. In view of the above, the issue of ensuring climate and environmental security should become part of basic human rights. Adherence to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the urgent implementation of the green transformation of the economy should also be recognized internationally, globally as the basis for ensuring the conditions of existence for the life of future generations on planet Earth, ensuring the possibility of saving the biosphere, the biodiversity of natural ecosystems and the climate for future generations of people, for reducing the scale of the occurrence of global climate and environmental catastrophe in the near future. Therefore, for the aforementioned all issues should be upgraded and recognized as one of the key factors in ensuring the survival of humanity on the planet and, therefore, recognize that these are important determinants of basic human rights. Recognize the right to clean air, to clean water, to an undestroyed biosphere, to a forest undegraded by predatory management, to an unsterilized soil, etc. as basic human rights, i.e. rights that will ensure human security for future generations of people.
These considerations are inspired by the research results contained in my article entitled: "HUMAN SECURITY AS AN ELEMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW"
I invite you to familiarize yourself with the problems of this article. Please respond whether you agree with the above theses? I invite you to discuss and cooperate scientifically in this problematics.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
In your opinion, should the issue of ensuring climate and environmental security become part of basic human rights? Should adherence to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the urgent implementation of the green transformation of the economy also be recognized internationally, globally as the basis for ensuring the conditions of existence for the life of future generations on planet Earth, ensuring the possibility of saving the biosphere, the biodiversity of natural ecosystems and the climate for future generations of people, for reducing the scale of the occurrence of global climate and environmental catastrophe in the near future? Therefore, for all of the aforementioned issues, should they be upgraded and recognized as one of the key factors in ensuring the survival of humanity on the planet and, therefore, recognize that they are important determinants of basic human rights? Recognize the right to clean air, to clean water, to an undestroyed biosphere, to a forest undegraded by predatory management, to unsterilized soil, etc. as basic human rights, i.e. rights that will ensure human security for future generations of people?
Should ensuring climate and environmental security for people become part of basic human rights?
And what is your opinion on this topic?
What is your opinion on this issue?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Counting on your opinions, on getting to know your personal opinion, on a fair approach to the discussion of scientific issues, I deliberately used the phrase "in your opinion" in the question.
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.
In writing this text I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
Copyright by Dariusz Prokopowicz
Dear Researchers, Scientists, Friends,
In the New Year 2024, I wish you the development of good scientific cooperation, the very success of your scientific research, success in your research and teaching work and in all other fields of activity, the development of research work in scientific teams, a good exchange of experiences from your research work, the publication of the results of your research in highly recognized and citable scientific journals, the development of cooperation in the scientific community but also with other institutions, all the best.
From the results of a number of bibliographic studies, it appears that in recent years the importance of sustainability issues is growing, people's awareness of the issues of green circular economy, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, environmental and climate social responsibility, the green transformation of the economy, including the development of renewable and zero-carbon energy sources, etc., is growing. This is a good thing, because the question of saving the climate, the biosphere and the biodiversity of natural ecosystems for future generations of people depends on to what extent and in what time the green transformation of the economy can be realized. May this be realized effectively in the shortest possible time in the coming years, and may we succeed in stopping or at least significantly slowing down the process of global warming, which has been progressing ever faster since the first industrial revolution, and may we succeed in avoiding a global climate catastrophe or at least significantly reducing its scale and preparing well for it. For the New Year 2024, I wish to increase the scale and accelerate the processes of green transformation of the economy, significantly increase the scale of implementation of the goals of sustainable development, environmental and climate social responsibility, etc. I hope to develop good cooperation in the next 2024 and beyond.
I have synthesized the above important issues for the future of our planet in the article:
I invite you to scientific cooperation in this issue,
Kind regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
I believe that using environmentally friendly technologies, which do not release pollutants, employ renewable energy, and promote energy efficiency and conservation, is crucial. It is also important to educate people about the significance of preserving ecosystems. By raising awareness, we can activate people's understanding of the importance of utilizing technologies to serve the environment, protect biological diversity, and conserve natural resources.
DBNPA(2, 2-dibromo-3-nitrilopionamide) is an ideal environment protection agent as biocide-algaecide and water treatment agent.
1) For conformal coating on electronics, what will happen if there is a very thin coating of say only 1-5 micrometers with process point of view?
2) Will this solve the purpose of environmental protection and basic insulation?
3) Will this thin layer be fragile to be handled during processing?
4) Will there be any fouling of this layer during its application?
What are the links between the climate crisis and the ecological crisis, i.e. the unfolding crises and human-induced acceleration of civilisation in the ongoing Anthropocene epoch?
The era of accelerated development of civilisation, significantly accelerating the scale of matter processing, production processes, the scale of environmental pollution, consumption of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, etc. is referred to as the Anthropocene epoch, the Great Acceleration and Ecological Catastrophe has been taking place primarily since the mid-20th century. The term Anthropocene has not yet been introduced into the history of the development of planet Earth by geologists, but this is likely to happen soon. In the Anthropocene epoch, humans are increasingly transforming the biosphere into the technosphere. However, the scale of consumption of non-renewable raw materials is steadily increasing. The stocks of biodiverse forest areas that absorb part of the CO2 emitted by humans are continuing to decline rapidly. The supply of clean drinking water is also declining in increasingly large areas inhabited by humans. On the other hand, the scale of waste separation and recycling is still negligible and does not even compensate for a significant part of the consumption of raw materials and hardly reduces the level of waste pollution. The scale of the ongoing green transformation of the economy, including the implementation of a pro-environmental and pro-climate transformation of the classic growth, brown, linear economy of excess to a sustainable, green, zero-emission growth and closed loop economy is still too small to significantly reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions, reduce the level of environmental pollution, implement reforestation processes and counteract the accelerating process of global warming is too small. It is essential to integrate a key aspect of the circular economy into the green transformation of the economy, i.e. the concept of zero growth consisting of zeroing out economic growth. This zeroing of economic growth should be implemented in a multi-faceted and multi-year perspective. It is not about zeroing economic growth in the short term (a few months) or in the medium term (a few years), i.e. as a periodic slowdown in economic growth occurring cyclically, within business cycles of several years during economic crises. It is about permanently resetting the rate of economic growth with the recognition of this issue as a key factor in a circular economy. Consequently, the economics of economic growth should be changed into the economics of zero growth, i.e. according to the concept of zero growth already known for several decades but not applied. An important issue of the Anthropocene epoch is also the rapidly progressing and human-induced extinction process of many species of flora and fauna referred to as the great 6th extinction in the history of the development of life on the planet. Consequently, the scale of the loss of biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems is progressing rapidly. Paradoxically, the great extinction of millions of species of flora and fauna was caused by just one species of living organisms - homo sapiens. Paradoxically, homo sapiens, which is responsible for this, is widely acknowledged to be the most intelligent species of life forms found on planet Earth. On the other hand, it is assumed that 99 per cent of the species that have lived on Earth over the last 3.5 billion years are extinct or have evolved into other species. But it is extremely difficult to estimate both the number of species and the duration of their existence for those of many millions of years ago and in the context of the evolutionary process. However, an extremely paradoxical and sad all at once process taking place in the Anthropocene epoch is that the acknowledged most intelligent single species of life form on Earth, which is homo sapiens, due to its robbery, combustion economy and rapid development of civilisation based on unlimited greed and disrespect for the surrounding nature, is causing the degradation of both the climate and the biosphere of the planet. Therefore, what has recently been described as a climate crisis should be studied, described, etc. in connection with the ecological crisis determined by the rapidly progressing process of deforestation, degradation of the biosphere, pollution of the natural environment, extinction of many species of flora and fauna life forms and, as a consequence, a rapidly decreasing level of biodiversity of the natural ecosystems of the planet Earth. Thus, the main negative effects of the development of a predatory, combustion-based civilisation and the key attributes of the Anthropocene epoch include not only a climate crisis but also an ecological crisis. The human-induced crises can thus be collectively referred to as the climate-ecological crisis. These crises should be considered, studied, analysed, described, etc. together because there are many relationships between them, synergistic processes, analogous and mutually influencing. By analogy, the process of a future climate catastrophe, which may already occur at the end of this 21st century if man does not manage to bring about a complete green transformation of the economy by 2030, should also be studied, analysed, projected, described, etc., in conjunction with the loss of biodiversity, the degradation of the biosphere, the extinction of species, etc., and thus the ecological catastrophe of the planet. By combining these issues, it is therefore possible and necessary to study, analyse, forecast and describe the future climatic-ecological catastrophe of the planet. If this catastrophe occurs in an extremely negative scenario then the Anthropocene epoch will be over.
I am conducting research on this issue. I have included the conclusions of my research in the following articles:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
HUMAN SECURITY AS AN ELEMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
What are the links between the climate crisis and the ecological crisis, i.e. the developing crises and those caused by the acceleration of civilisation in the ongoing Anthropocene epoch?
What do you think about this?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Warm regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
China is now accelerating the combination of internal trade cycle and external trade cycle, what is the impact of this double-cycle trade on environmental protection?
I have been unable to find any case studies demonstrating that the modernisation of agricultural practices can protect the environment from degradation.
Which theories other than the theory of change and Environmental Possibilism are related to the study about Sustainable Land Management and Environmental Protection?
What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of The importance of biodiversity, the environment, environmental protection?
Please reply. I invite you to the discussion
In the context of accelerating the development of industry, global production, exploitation of raw materials, pollutants and waste emissions, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, accelerating the global warming process, protection of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, nature protection and biodiversity is one of the main challenges of the 21st century.
In view of the above, what do you think are the most effective methods, technologies, instruments for nature protection, natural ecosystems and biodiversity currently?
Please reply
I have described the key issues concerning the problematic social, economic and other negative consequences of the ongoing process of global warming, the negative effects of this process and, therefore, the need to increase the scale and accelerate the implementation of the green transformation of the economy, the protection of the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet in the following article:
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
I invite you to join me in scientific cooperation,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Should the dimension and scope of ecological knowledge in contemporary education and schooling systems be increased in the context of the growing problems of the modern world?
Contemporary XXI century is, among other things, the age of national and globally recognized growing problems regarding environmental protection, ecology, protection of ecosystems and species of various life threatened by extinction, growing risk of climatic cataclysms associated with the progressing greenhouse effect on Earth, exhausting some categories of resources necessary for development modern industries, the need for energy transformation, conversion of classic sources of energy based on minerals to renewable, ecological energy sources. In view of the above, the question becomes more and more relevant: Should the dimension and scope of ecological knowledge in contemporary education and schooling systems be increased in the context of the growing problems of the modern world?
Please, answer, comments,
I invite you to the discussion,
Regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
How should the systems of nature protection and biodiversity of natural ecosystems be dispersed in order to increase the effectiveness of these systems and reduce the scale of degradation of the natural environment?
What do you think should be improved in nature conservation systems and biodiversity of natural ecosystems in addition to just increasing financial outlays on nature conservation policies conducted by government agencies and ministries of the environment?
A significant part of financial expenditures of nature conservation and biodiversity policy is devoted to the promotion of nature protection and natural environment protection issues. However, the effectiveness of this type of promotional campaigns is low, because without applying legal restrictions, enterprises do not change their technologies to be more ecological if they do not see in this business realized in a short time. Even the occasional UN climate summits in which government representatives from the majority of countries take part do not cause significant real changes in the policy of nature protection and biodiversity? Usually, the largest industrial economies in the world do not sign the obligations of rapid reduction of greenhouse gases and the issue of increasing spending on environmental innovation in the energy sector. Why, despite the growing scale of public awareness, there is no significant improvement in the implementation of nature conservation and biodiversity policy, there are no real measures that would result in a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the slowing of the global warming process?
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Thank you very much
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The forceful evacuation of forest dwellers by the forest officials due to the ordered of country's apex judicial system for environmental protection.
Is a positive and proactive approach to the environment innate to people or adopted by upbringing and education?
What are the most important economic instruments for environmental protection?
How to determine their correct mix?
EIA was introduced in early 1960s with the aim to analyze a proposed developmental project for its negative impacts on environment and identify suitable mitigation measures. Initially EIA was limited to developed countries. In 1970s the impact analysis concept was transferred to developed countries. Initially it was practiced in an informal manner. But later on it became a mandatory activities accross the globe through proper legislation. Initially national environmental quality standards were introduced. In this way all methods developed for impact evaluation were kept aside and NEQS were used for comparison.
In the second step Initial environmental impact analysis was introduced for small scale projects and screening exercise was removed. In the 3rd step some treatments were made mandatory for some projects and monitoring and evaluation was removed. In this manner EIA was started as one formal step at the start of a project. Now EIA is not a continues activity. It is used to get No Objection Certificate (NOC) from environmental protection department.
What innovations have been used in recent years to help protect the environment?
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The economic development that the world is witnessing and the resulting environmental and economic damage to health and the environment and health, pay us to put the shapes below:
What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of Protection of the natural environment, natural biological ecosystems and biodiversity?
Please, provide your suggestions for a question, problem or research thesis in the issues: Protection of the natural environment, natural biological ecosystems and biodiversity.
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Some countries derive a large income from tourism. However, it is necessary to protect the natural environment visited by tourists, including natural ecosystems and local, often unique in global biodiversity. Therefore, part of tourism revenues is spent on protecting the visited natural biological environments. Therefore, techniques for nature conservation and natural ecosystems should be constantly improved.
New information technologies should be used to analyze the state of natural environments. New information technologies typical of the current technological revolution Industry 4.0 is increasingly used to promote tourism and marketing in individual countries.
More frequently, social media portals are used to globally promote tourism in individual countries. The same technologies should also be increasingly used to promote the protection of nature, natural ecosystems and biodiversity.
Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?
In view of the above, I am asking you the following question:
How should tourism with environmental protection be developed?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
Any probable technique or catalytic agent to degrade the plastic material without polluting environment? Kindly share your opinion or any article related to this.
I am working on a paper that discusses the role of women in promoting environmental protection in chile, peru, ecuador, belize, dominican republic. I am also interested in their representation in environmental decision making, as well as GDP/ per capita and GINI coefficient for these countries.
Both have their own benefits and constraints too but in overall aspects which will be recommendable to farmer for sustainable agriculture.
Ich beschäftige mich derzeit mit dem Thema Technologie und Nachhaltigkeit für den Umweltschutz. Kurz zusammengefasst: wie kann die Technologie die Umweltschutz unterstützen um damit die Simbiose zwischen Technik und Menschlichkeit zu ermöglichen? Ich suche mehr Infos, Autoren, die sich damit beschäftigen. Danke im Voraus.
IEK system is depleting at a very faster rate. For many developing economies and especially in Africa and third world countries IEK is the basis for survival and environmental protection. Since last few decades this knowledge system is depleting at a very faster rate and need to to be protected for sustainability of the ecosystems.
The 1995 amendment to the 1986 Environmental Protection Act mandates and specifies a procedure for conducting public hearings to take consent from community for starting any environmentally polluting activity. I am looking for an analysis and assessment of the actual practice of this procedure that attempts at incorporating the principles of public participation and public consent for the establishment and operation of environmentally problematic economic activities.
Climate change, including global warming, are some of the biggest challenges facing humankind today. Human activities are mostly responsible for global warming because of their role in increasing greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorocarbons), a heat trapper in the atmosphere. Among the mentioned gases, carbon dioxide is most devastating in terms of the global warming scenario. The Earth’s surface temperature has warmed in the last 100 years, and there is no credible hypothesis for this, other than the net effect of greenhouse gases (especially CO2).
Keeping the average rise of global temperature below 2oC (whereas concentration level CO2, lower than 550ppm) has become the focus of international efforts formed notable in the Copenhagen climate change conference (2009). And indeed, since then, we are seeing the room to tackle the global warming issue by promoting a dialogue based on policies and strategies, including adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable growth perception through the use of renewable resources for the well-being of humanity. The former statement on tackling the climate is reasonably fine and considered as the sustainable way to handle the global warming issue. But you might have noticed that there are several shortcomings in the way (for example- the world political leaders cum the policy makers have their own probable constraints and visualization) of sustainable growth based on policies and strategies. We cannot rely idea which country is doing good and which is not in holding the promise to curb CO2 and including many other such concomitant factors associated with policy making.
Keeping this as a base I suggest if we may share our views on the possible scientific approach to reduce dangerous anthropogenic (CO2) in the atmosphere other than that based on policies and strategies encompassing adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable growth (an incessant constructive growth) through the use of renewable resources. May you all please think about it and write down the likely scientific possibilities (a way to handle the problem scientifically rather than policy making) and suggestions to curb CO2.
Happy World Environment Day (05 June).
Best wishes,
Vaid, B. H.
As we know, Green Building is one of the main environmental protection targets. Green Building rating system is considered as a means and developed in many areas. In my opinion, it is not widely applied as expected. What do you think is the main challenge for this?
I am a researcher of the ISPRA (National Institute of Environmental Protection and Research) in Italy interested to follow the project.
Marco Genghini
Hi ! Dear all !
Put in place mine exploitation or exploration has impact on environmental security (human being, croads or vegetation, animals etc). Environmental exposition by naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) because of this activity must be the great worry. Is there any right norm or right technological process that can safe health in the environment where explotation of mine has put in place. Thanks for your answer !
For the classical power industry to be replaced with renewable energy sources, it is necessary to have the right policy at the state level but also at the supranational level.
The supranational organization of common markets on the example of the European Union is perfect for this issue. In the European Union, successive reforms are being undertaken to motivate the development of modern energy solutions and environmental protection.
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Therefore, in the context of the above considerations, the following important question appears:
How to increase the effectiveness of environmental protection programs, natural ecosystems and biodiversity?
Protection of the environment, natural ecosystems and biodiversity should be an integral part of the concept of sustainable pro-ecological economic development?
In the context of growing and increasing environmental pollution and declining areas of natural ecosystems, the importance and need to improve environmental protection systems, natural ecosystems and biodiversity is increasing. Biodiversity is one of the most important issues of natural ecosystems and life on Earth. Maintaining high biodiversity on Earth should be a challenge and one of the main goals of human functioning on the Earth in the 21st century and in subsequent centuries.
In connection with the above, protection of the environment, natural ecosystems and biodiversity should be an integral part of the concept of sustainable ecological development. In some countries, the concept of sustainable pro-ecological economic development is implemented successively, primarily in the field of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation techniques and recycling development. However, in many countries these issues are still insufficiently developed.
Still too small financial resources are allocated in many countries for the development of renewable energy sources, improvement of waste segregation and recycling techniques. In addition to the private sector, besides enterprises implementing ecological innovations, it is necessary to increase expenditures and develop strategic pro-ecological reform projects, including restructuring of the mining industry of minerals supplying classic energy sources and development of energy based on renewable energy sources. This development should be supported and coordinated by environmentally friendly state intervention, and due to the high investment costs of construction of power plants producing electricity from renewable energy sources should be co-financed from the state public finance funds.
In this way, it will be possible to slow down the ongoing global warming process in the 21st century and thus slow down the process of devastating the natural environment, draining green areas characterized by high biodiversity. Biodiversity is a very important issue in the context of the analysis of ecology, sustainable development and the protection of the natural environment, including, in particular, the natural positions of biologically complex ecosystems, i.e. those that are characterized by high biodiversity. Maintaining biodiversity of natural ecosystems is one of the most important problems and tasks for people in the 21st century.
Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?
In the context of the above considerations, the following question is still valid:
How to increase the effectiveness of environmental protection programs, natural ecosystems and biodiversity?
Please reply
I invite you to the discussion
Thank you very much
Best wishes
I recently contacted a prospective supervisor in the department of Environmental protection and management, University of X. He liked my previous work and he is willing to supervise me. All he asked of me is to provide:
1. Proposal for a master’s thesis topic (the theme and concept),
2. Research problem and method.
I'm really scared, i don't want to mess things up.
Are the activities in the area of environmental protection, natural ecosystems and biodiversity undertaken in your country sufficient or should the expenditure for these purposes be increased?
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If you had a sufficiently large budget to build an Urban and Regional Planning Research Center, what would be your main objectives and which professionalism would you need?
What role would you give to social equity?
What role would you give to environmental protection?
How would you choose the evaluation criteria?
A research program for urban and regional planning research center: this will be the final theme of my book Paesaggi (Landscapes).
Taking into account technological advances, including new media used in teaching processes and growing problems in the field of economics, social issues, ecology and environmental protection, the question arises: Should knowledge of the basics of economics and ecology be included in the education system of children already? at the initial instruction stage? At what stage of the education system, at what point in the initial education system should children be included in these issues? Should new media, including online applications in the field of new media, be used primarily in teaching methods and tools? What problems in the field of ecology and environmental protection, economics and social sciences should be first of all the subject of primary schooling of children? Please, answer, comments.
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Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
Dariusz
can anyone guide me in simulating process waste production & waste recycle . I was wondering which software and how could I use for simulation of process waste production & waste recycle .
any paper or reference please.
There is nomenclature dichotomy of some wild species as either pest to be destroyed by Food and Agricultural (FAO) objectives or species to be perpetual protected in nature by United Nations Environmental Protection (UNEP), this brings about conflict of interest or objectives between two United Nations Organizations. On yearly basis, billions of dollars is earmarked and spend for achievement of these organisations objectives. From the perspective of UNEP all organisms have niches and right of living ecologically and as such they must be protected. However, the same organism might be classified as pest from the point of FAO and therefore must be eliminated. In other to have better understanding of the status of an organism from the conflicting perspectives, what is the point or threshold that wild species could be categorised as pest or species to be conserved?
Does starting a community based questionnaire survey requires IRB clearance?
Does the questionnaire is to be verified/certified or validated?
How to calculate the number of participants for the survey?
The environment pollution and climate change has enormous impact on local agriculture, healthy food production, bio system and human health.
