Environmental Management

Areas in various parts of the world have become contaminated with radionuclides as a result of various human activities. In cases where the level of… Read More »Control and Prevention of Radioactive Pollution

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima-Daiichi: these names have become associated with the public‘s fear of radiation, either from use of nuclear weapons… Read More »Effects of Radioactive Materials

Exposure to ionizing radiation occurs in many occupations. Artificial sources of radiation are commonly used in the manufacturing and service industries, in areas of defense,… Read More »Occupational Exposure to Radiation

There are several ways of preventing water pollution. Some of them are discussed below: Green agriculture Globally, agriculture accounts for 70% of water resources, so… Read More »Water Pollution Prevention

Effects of water pollution on human health The presence of heavy metals such as Fluoride, Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, petrochemicals, chlorinated solvents, pesticides and nitrates… Read More »The Effects of Water Pollution

Water pollution is the release of substances into subsurface groundwater or into lakes, streams, rivers, estuaries, and oceans to the point where the substances interfere… Read More »Sources of Water Pollution

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change and water (Bates et al., 2008), concluded that observational records and climate projections provide… Read More »Water, Climate Change and Conflicts over Water Use

Water serves a range of productive, environmental and social purposes in the agricultural sector and wider economy. Governments, water managers and consumers/users have a role… Read More »Water Resources: Water Volume and Cycle

FAO‘s Global forest resources assessment provides regular estimates of the state of the world‘s forests, their extent and health, and the status of their socio-economic… Read More »Importance of Forests and Rangelands

Land pollution is the deposition of solid or liquid waste materials on land or underground in a manner that can contaminate the soil and groundwater,… Read More »Land Pollution, Causes, Effects and Solutions

As agriculture becomes more productive, output per unit of land and per capita grows, incomes can be expected to rise, poverty reduces and food security… Read More »Socio-Economic Dependency on Land Resources

The world‘s net cultivated area has grown by 12No hi percent over the last 50 years, mostly at the expense of forest, wetland and grassland… Read More »Land Distribution, Use and Suitability around the World

Emphasis is being placed by many countries to improve the economic and environmental performance of the water system through providing economic incentives by taking into… Read More »Distinct Economic Features of Water

The concept of an Environmental Noise Impact Analysis (ENIA) is central to the philosophy of managing environmental noise. An ENIA should be required before implementing… Read More »Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Noise

With rainfed crops, salinization is not a problem because the salts are naturally flushed away. But when irrigation water is applied to crops and returns… Read More »Soil Salinization and Waterlogging in Irrigation

Plants require water for photosynthesis, growth, and reproduction. The water used by plants is non-recoverable, because some water becomes a part of the chemical makeup… Read More »Irrigated Crops and Land Use

Air pollution is the release into the atmosphere of various gases, finely divided solids, or finely dispersed liquid aerosols at rates that exceed the natural… Read More »Major Types and Sources of Air Pollution