Corporate Responsibility: Integrative New Approaches for Coastal and Environmental sustainability

ABSTRACT In recent years and even currently, the rule entails focus on both Governmental Initiatives and Corporate voluntary practices with the view to curb industrial pollution in the study area (The Douala Coastal City and its environs including Bonaberi). However, several studies have failed to ascertain the extent to which these initiates and practices have … Read more

Feather pecking – causes and solutions

Introduction The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. Chickens were originally domesticated for cockfighting, and barely used for meat or egg production. Only around the nineteenth century the poultry industry commenced, starting out with producers keeping only a handful of chickens of dual purpose (eggs and meat), which had … Read more

Potatoes and GM potatoes

The potato is one the most important vegetables that we grow due to its source of vitamins and fibers. In November of 2014 the UDSA approved commercial planting of genetically engineered potatoes. The genetically modified potatoes will have reduced bruising and blemishes that lower the value of the potatoes. What makes genetically modified potatoes unique … Read more

Climate Effect On Building facade

Abstract : Building facade is one of an important element of the architecture. It have a significant effect on energy conservation and the comfort of the building users. The facade is affected by the environmental conditions and it designs should take into consideration the climate of it regions this research will explain the facade treatment … Read more

Use of fossil fuels and global warming

Due to global warming and other ill-effects of conventional energy sources, there is a need to produce energy by clean and environmental friendly ways. Fuel cell is one of the effective solution to produce energy without polluting the environment. There are various types of fuel cells viz. solid oxide, proton exchange membrane, alkaline fuel cells, … Read more

SEED BANKS AND THEIR SIGNFICANCE

Introduction to seed banks: Seed bank can be defined as: ‘Seed banks are simply a source of conservation of different species of seeds in order to restore their population by using natural or artificial methods’. All over the world people are so conscious about the uncontrolled exploitation and depletion of natural sources. Through Seed banks … Read more

Maintaining biodiversity

In this essay I will tell you about the why species are threatened, how existing material/mineral resources can be maintained, if humans are becoming less or more diverse on global and local level and what projects/initiatives there are in my country for maintaining the biodiversity. Also I will tell you about the biodiversity on personal … Read more

Fossil fuels

We learned in this topic about organic chemistry and this essay is going to tell more about what fossil fuels are and why they are so important in our society, they consequences of the persistent use of fossil fuels. The aim of this essay is also to know the positive and the negative aspects of … Read more

Collective Good Problems: Addressing Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest

Deforestation is the act of cutting down or burning all the trees in an area. It seems that some people are thriving on the suffering of others by using the forests for urban use, and logging industries.??While the poor need these forests as a basic means of survival, others are cutting down these forests to … Read more

The RIO 2012 – United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)

The RIO 2012, also known United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) or Earth Summit 2012, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 ‘ twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. It was the third international conference on sustainable development. It also is aimed at reconciling the economic … Read more

Pollution

Pollution is everywhere around you. Its all over the whole planet. It makes us humans, plants and animals ill. But what exactly is ‘Pollution’? Pollution is contamination. There are different kinds of pollutions like Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Sound Pollution, Land Pollution, etc. Environmental pollution is a pollution that combines every pollution that damages our … Read more

The Impact of Deforestation on Ecology Systems and Environment

Essay: DEFORESTATION In the development country, the increasing need of a land space for agricultural, industrial and residential; and the most importantly urban development needs are required with the growing of population. In other terms, deforestation means that the clearing or felling of forest which covered by the tree plantations in order to accommodate agricultural, … Read more