The Present ecologically position of Cerithium caerulum at Rangbai Coast, Porbandar.

Abstract The existing study revealed that the present status of Cerithium caerulum along the Rangbai coast of Gujarat. Cerithium caerulum is a dominate mollusc species that are found mostly in the intertidal zone. During study period August 2014 to January 2015, it was observed regularly all seasons. During study Clypeomrus bifasciata and Rhinoclayis sinesis also … Read more

Impact of high incidences of flooding and drought on rural drinking water sources

Figure 3.2 presents the rainfall patterns of Sakhisizwe Municipality from 1983 to 2012. The rainfall pattern indicates that rainfall is highly variable in the municipality and the variability has been intensifying in the last three decades. The graph also indicates that rainfall variability in the municipality has been intensifying in the last few years with … Read more

How effective are eco-cities as an urban template, with a particular focus on Chinese cities?

How effective are eco-cities as an urban template with a particular focus on Chinese cities According to the United Nations (2014); as it stood in 2014, 54% of people lived in cities and that figure is estimated to increase to 66% by 2050. This is putting great pressure on cities to evolve and expand significantly. … Read more

Global Warming: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

English 2H, Period 1 7 March 2017 The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race Guangzhou? Gone. Miami? Gone. New York? Gone. New Orleans? Gone. Mumbai? Gone. Nagoya? Gone. Tampa? Gone. Boston? Gone. Shenzhen? Gone. Osaka? Gone. All submerged beneath the ocean as global sea levels rise rapidly and catastrophically. The polar ice … Read more

Concept of Sustainable Development

1. Introduction ……………………… 2. Concept of Sustainable Development The theoretical framework of for “Sustainable Development”(SD) evolved between 1972 and 1992 through a series of international conferences and initiatives. The first time the term “Sustainable” was used “in modern sense” was as part of Club Rome, 1972. This came to fare as a part of the … Read more

Predicting a date for an ice free-Arctic Ocean

The Working Group’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) concluded that, for the last two decades, Arctic sea ice has continued to fall in both volume and extent. Annual mean Arctic sea ice extent very likely decreased by 3.5%-4.1% per decade from 1979 to 2012, and there is medium confidence this is unprecedented over the last 1,450 … Read more

The Raso Lark (Alauda Razae)

Over the course of history, there have been many environmental factors that have played roles in the destruction of former species. Whether it be climatic changes, the spread of fatal diseases, predation by other species, the changing plant community, or geological events, many of the Earth’s ancient and historic species have become a distant memory. … Read more

How dictatorships can intensify the detrimental impact of executive corruption on forest loss

Previous research finds that executive sector corruption increases forest loss. However, recent political events suggest that repression, largely through dictatorships, may exacerbate the impact of corruption on forest loss. Therefore, this study considers how nations with dictatorships provide a ‘political opportunity structure’ that facilitates the harmful impacts of executive corruption on forest loss. Dictatorships are … Read more

Sustainability in the world of fashion

Sustainability has recently gained popularity in the world of fashion as companies are reevaluating the ethics and effects of clothing production and consumption.  Sustainability can be defined generally as the conservation of the balance of living and existing in the natural world while maintaining respect for the environment, without stripping it of its natural resources. … Read more

Introduction to IFOAM EU (organic food and farming)

Introduction to IFOAM EU IFOAM EU is the European umbrella organisation for organic food and farming. Its main goal is to achieve ecologically, socially and economically sound systems which should be based on the principles of organic agriculture – health, ecology, fairness and care. IFOAM EU is supported by more than 190 member organisations. It … Read more

Cap-and-trade systems

Preserving the environment has become an issue of increasing concern during the last few decades. The level of consumption maintained in developed countries requires a massive amount of petrochemicals, energy products, raw materials, and transportation to sustain. All of these industries contribute to negative externalities. Negative externality is defined as when a coal plant burns … Read more