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Urban areas are facing enormous challenges in the area of environmental degradation. There is need to put in place ways of managing these environmental problems.… Read More »Management of Urban Environmental Degradation

Environmental resource management is a key aspect in environmental studies. This article is expository on some fundamental issues and background discussion to this course and… Read More »Fundamentals of Environmental Resource Management

The creation by man of his own world, in his own image, within the world of nature is found in Antiquity (Simmons, 1993). Right from… Read More »Human Linkage to Environmental Resource

Wildlife is a broad term that refers to all plants and any animals (or other organisms) that are not domesticated. Mining affects the environment and… Read More »Impacts of Mining Projects on Wildlife

Green belt is established as a large band of permanently protected countryside to serve both as a limit to unsustainable urban sprawl and as a… Read More »Definition and Importance of Green Belt

It is a fact that the oil industry has affected the country’s economy in a number of ways but the adverse effect of petroleum exploitation… Read More »Oil Exploration and Exploitation Activities

The social impacts of large-scale mining projects are controversial and complex. Mineral development can create wealth, but it can also cause considerable disruption. Mining projects… Read More »Impacts of Mining Projects on Social Values

Natural resources play a special role in the life of the poor. More than 1.3 billion people depend on fisheries, forests, and agriculture for employment.… Read More »Ecological Consequences of Management of Natural Resources

Soil is an important natural resource whose quality and management is essential to sustaining food production. Inadequate knowledge of soil ecology and its degradation is… Read More »Soil and Mineral Resource Management

Forests play a very important role in protecting the land from desertification and conserve biodiversity. They also provide ecosystem goods and services. However, despite their… Read More »United Nation REDD- Plus Initiative to Combating Deforestation

Forest and related land cover types (woodlands shrubland, degraded forest and forest fallows) are important terrestrial ecosystems. They account of over 52x 106 km2 of… Read More »Forest Resource and Importance of Forest

Water is a vital part of the environment and a home for many forms of life on which the well-being of humans ultimately depends. Disruption… Read More »Research in Water Treatment Process

Generally, there is distinction between physical and economic scarcity. In the case that water demand cannot be met with available supply, like in dry regions,… Read More »10 Causes of Water Stress and Scarcity

We are blessed with a rich array of natural resources including water resources which provide the basis for national development. Consequently, the conservation and management… Read More »Guide to Proper Water Resource Management

Everything humans use in their physical environment to meet their needs and wants come from natural resources supplied by the earth and sun. Since the… Read More »Definitions, Concept and Types of Natural Resources

The urban ecosystem is affected by different types of environmental degradation due to quest for man’s development. Therefore, high rate of urbanization is a factor… Read More »City and Environmental Degradation

Pesticide use is estimated to result in 500 thousand cases of human poisoning every year. Approximately five thousand of these poisonings result in fatalities. Because… Read More »Effects of Pesticide Abuse in Less Developed Countries (LDCs)

The following are the reasons for increasing pesticide use and abuse in less developed countries; 1. Use of Increasingly Sophisticated Technology Numerous international organizations and… Read More »5 Reasons for Increasing Pesticide Use and Abuse in Less Developed Countries (LDCs)