Environmental conditions and management of pollution and natural resources

2006 ◽  
pp. 25-37
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Conditions

scholarly journals Confusion and Panic: Health & Environment

1970 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
The World

Health concerns have gained proportional attention among the peoples and governments of the world. Or at least it looks that way! Terms like Cholesterol, Triglyceride, Diabetes, Tumor, Benign, Malignant are all too familiar to many. Health food and diets have mushroomed into large money making industries. I wonder if they are life-saving too! Furthermore, it is becoming more difficult to separate between health and environment. Hence, the deterioration of health conditions all over the world is closely associated to impairments in environmental conditions and natural resources.

Success and failure of sand goby culture.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van Khanh Pham
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Seed Production ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Sand Goby ◽  
Export Markets ◽  
Seed Supply ◽  
Wild Seed

Abstract The success in the seed production of the sand goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata) has contributed to the protection of natural resources and the availability of seed for aquaculture. About 30-50 million sand goby fingerlings are produced in hatcheries for domestic and export markets every year. Grow-out production systems of sand goby developed in the 1990s. It helped to increase the incomes of many fish farmers and contributed to the country's foreign exchange earnings. Constraints to hatchery-produced seed for grow-out have resulted in difficulties for sand goby seed producers. Hatchery-produced seed commands a higher price than wild seed and thus is not able to completely replace the natural seed supply. However, wild seed is of uneven size and capture methods are not standardized, resulting in the fish body being easily scratched, leading to disease and mortality. The fish is sensitive to changes in environmental conditions and vulnerable to diseases which are difficult to treat. The market for this species is also limited.

Barbuda and the Provisioning of the Codrington Estates on Antigua

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
The People ◽  
Sugar Plantations ◽  
Labor System

For most of the colonial period, the Codrington family had exclusive control over the island of Barbuda. Deploying the labor of enslaved African workers, they developed the island into an important source of food and other supplies to provision their sugar plantations on nearby Antigua. This chapter examines how Barbuda’s natural resources, built landscape, and labor system were all directed toward that purpose. In particular, it compares the Codringtons’ management strategies with those of Samuel Martin and William Byam, who sub-leased the island from 1746 to 1761. In addition, Anderson argues that enslaved people on Barbuda experienced a unique form of bondage geared toward herding and cultivation of food crops rather than sugar production. It also examines how the particular environmental conditions on Barbuda both offered opportunities and presented challenges for the people lived and worked there.

scholarly journals RIGHT TO CHILD HEALTH IN CONTEXT OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitalii M. Pashkov ◽  
Maryna V. Trotska ◽  
Oleksii S. Soloviov
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Environmental Security ◽  
Potential Child ◽  
And Child Health

Introduction: From different points of view, health in general and child health, in particular, constitute the highest value which preserves a significant amount of resource potential. Child health is understood as his/her state consisting of a certain system of elements (physical, psychological, etc.) each of which, on the one hand, is characterized by its specificity, and on the other hand, is in a complementary relationship with each other. A process of child health formation is influenced by a large number of various elements (social, economic, etc.) and the natural environment is one of them. Its compliance with certain rules and standards that form its qualitative status affects life and health both directly and indirectly, therefore, determination of interdependence between the natural environmental conditions and child health is important for understanding a causal link between the specified categories. The aim: To study provisions of international acts and other sources in order to clarify the concept of child health and a role of the natural environment of a proper quality in the process of its formation. Materials and methods: the paper examines provisions of international acts, some scientists’ conclusions and other sources. Different authors’ scientific viewpoints are studied with scientific methods in the context of medical and legal components. Within the framework of the system approach, as well as analysis and synthesis, the concepts of safe natural environment, health in general and child health, in particular, as well as importance of a safe natural environment for child health are researched. Review: The concept of health is complex and depends on various factors including proper natural environmental conditions. Presence of dangerous environmental factors affects occurrence of various children diseases. In the context of the natural environmental security, it is possible to indicate both general and individual natural resources. Their deterioration may affect its condition at large. Conclusions: Ensuring child health, his/her proper physical, psychological and other development is impossible without guaranteeing natural environmental security. Consumption of high-quality natural resources, observance of norms and standards for the environmental security allows the human body to develop fully accumulating relevant resources and attracting them at the right time. Ensuring the natural environment of a proper quality guarantees a greater range of opportunities for a child in the process of forming, coming into being and maintaining his/her physical and psychological well-being, which is a prerequisite for exercising his/her other rights and proper fulfillment of his/her duties in the process of his/her transformation and transition to adulthood.

Slow Fashion and Sustainability

2016 ◽  
pp. 468-480
Author(s):  
Hakan Karaosman ◽  
Alessandro Brun ◽  
Gustavo Morales-Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Local Manufacturing ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Slow Fashion ◽  
Sustainable Sourcing

The fashion industry is contributing to today's sustainability challenge in a number of ways. Despite all the advantages of modernization, the pace of life is getting frantic and societal behaviour is in conflict with natural resources. Thus, an urgent need arises to ensure quality in production and improve social and environmental conditions. In this vein, slow fashion emerges as a revolutionary process, which is sensitive to the impact that production and distribution have on society and ecosystems. This chapter contributes an original discussion by exploring how luxury fashion could be valuable for long-term sustainability. While luxury fashion is growing fast, it is interesting to ask to what extent luxury fashion could have a positive impact on sustainability due to quality, heritage and artisan skills. This chapter looks deeply into (i) how luxury fashion could enhance sustainability through sustainable sourcing and local manufacturing, and (ii) how the slow fashion concept could be further endorsed through luxury.

scholarly journals Telecommunication line infrastructure and the Arctic environment: past, present and future

Polar Record ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juha Saunavaara ◽  
Ritva Kylli ◽  
Mirva Salminen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Small Populations ◽  
Circumpolar North ◽  
Fixed Line ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract This article concentrates on the interconnected past, present and future of telecommunications and the environment in the Arctic. It brings together discussions on the natural environment, sustainable development and connectivity in and through the Arctic and focuses on fixed-line infrastructure. This study builds on the theoretical literature on infrastructure, infrastructuring and pipeline ecologies and demonstrates how the peculiar features of the Arctic, such as coldness, snow and ice, ground frost and permafrost affect telecommunication lines, and how this infrastructure impacts the environment in which it is built. Similarly, the environmental conditions, paired with long distances, small populations and limited economic opportunities, affect the infrastructuring processes and the selection of technologies, as well as their spatial extent, quality and the speed of their expansion. While the construction of telecommunication lines supports the exploitation of natural resources in and beyond the different parts of the circumpolar North, it also plays a role in the observation and protection of the Arctic.

scholarly journals Mengembangkan Kecerdasan Sosial Pada Mata Pelajaran Geografi Menghadapi Tantangan Global

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muh Sholeh
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Social Intelligence ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
The Social

Globalization encourages the acceleration of the exchange of cultural, social, economic, political, educational and other components that will have implications for the social order. These challenges must be answered learners through the strengthening of science and technology and the strengthening of social competence. Learners should have a social intelligence that has sensitivity to environmental conditions and in the ability of cooperation. Social intelligence from a geographical perspective directed at the growing awareness and social skills that are aligned with the goal of subjects geography, such as displaying the behavior of care for the environment and use natural resources wisely and tolerance for cultural diversity. To develop social intelligence in a geography lesson can be implemented through cooperative learning and other learning that encourages students to develop social intelligence.Keywords: Social Intelligence, Lessons Geography, Global Challenges

scholarly journals As Condições Ambientais da Microbacia do Rio Passo da Pedra (The Environmental Conditions Regarding the Microbasin of Passo da Pedra River)

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1029
Author(s):  
Guilherme Sebastião Silvério ◽  
Jocilaine Mezomo ◽  
Julio Caetano Tomazoni ◽  
Vinícius Deotan Coletti
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Water Contamination ◽  
Fecal Coliforms ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Preservation Planning ◽  
Preservation And Restoration ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Soil And Water

A bacia hidrográfica é considerada tecnicamente a área de planejamento de maior importância na preservação e recuperação dos recursos naturais. As áreas urbanas, industriais e agrícolas estão inseridas em bacias e/ou microbacias hidrográficas, exercendo seus impactos sobre as mesmas. Esses impactos são gerados pela destruição das matas, poluição e contaminação dos rios, do solo, da água entre outros. Por esses motivos, o presente trabalho tem como finalidade apresentar alguns dados coletados sobre a qualidade da água na Microbacia Hidrográfica do Rio Passo da Pedra, localizada na região sudoeste do Paraná, no município de Pato Branco. Entre outras coisas verificou-se a contaminação da água por um alto índice de coliformes fecais além da ausência da mata ciliar no curso dos rios que tem uma contribuição importante na proteção do solo, dos rios e na qualidade da água. Procurou-se através desse trabalho destacar a necessidade de implantação de um projeto que possa atender a preservação e a revitalização da microbacia em questão.Palavras-chave: Microbacia hidrográfica; Preservação; Planejamento.  The Environmental Conditions Regarding the Microbasin of Passo da Pedra River  ABSTRACTThe hydrological basin is considered technically as a planning area of the greatest importance regarding the preservation and restoration of the natural resources. The urban, industrial and agricultural areas are located in basins and/or microbasins, exerting their impact upon themselves. These impacts are originated from the forest devastation, pollution and contamination of rivers, soil and water among others. On account of this, the present paper has the purpose to expose some collected data concerning the water quality in the Microbasin of Passo da Pedra River, which is located in the southwestern region of Paraná, in Pato Branco city. In addition to other things, it was verified the water contamination by high levels of fecal coliforms besides the absence of native forest in the river courses, which has an important contribution in the soil and river protection and in the water quality. It was sought through this work to point out the need for implementation of a project that can take into account the preservation and revitalization of the microbasin at issue. Keywords: Microbasin; Preservation; Planning.

Wetland Ecosystems in Hungary’s Nature Conservation Areas and Problems Relating to their Economic Utilization, from the Aspect of Nature Conservation

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Hajnalka Hegedűs
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Wetland Ecosystems ◽  
The World

If our current way of life is to be kept sustainable, particular attention must be paid to the management of the world around us – including our environmental conditions, natural resources and assets, and particularly the available water resources – and to the protection of natural elements that are, for whatever reason, of crucial importance for all of us. The aims and methods of the necessary protection are, however, not always compatible with farming activities and forms of land use that have been practiced, in some cases, for centuries. This article describes some of the incompatibilities and conflicts between various forms of farming and the relatively new domestic nature conservation activities, with a focus on Hungary’s nature conservation areas and particularly its wetland ecosystems. This is followed by a discussion of problems associated with such conflicts and proposals for resolving them.

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