This study analyses the suitability of existing land use in the coastal area of Indramayu Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia, in relation to the spatial pattern established in the 2011–2031 Regional Spatial Plan. The research was conducted in 11 coastal sub-districts using Go...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i81088
The Imphal Valley, situated within the Indo-Burmese Wedge of Northeast India, represents one of the most tectonically active regions along the India–Burma plate boundary. Despite its geodynamic significance, continuous geodetic observations from this area remain limited. In this...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i81089
Agroforestry has re-emerged as a strategically important land-use approach within debates on net zero agriculture because it links climate-change mitigation with adaptation, farm resilience, biodiversity recovery and rural livelihoods. Unlike narrowly technical mitigation options...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71122
Aims: This study examines how Edith Durham’s High Albania can be used as a historical and interpretative source for planning a narrative-based thematic route in the protected mountain landscape of Theth and the Shala Valley. It also assesses how historical evidence, contemporary...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71087
The open-field burning of crop residues remains one of the most persistent, and most visible, failures of post-harvest resource management in global agriculture, undermining air quality, soil health, and climate mitigation goals all at once. Despite decades of regulatory bans, te...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71086
Climate variability has continued to generate important environmental consequences in coastal environments and island communities. This study examined the manifestations of climate variability in the island communities of the Bakassi Peninsula of Cameroon. A quantitative research...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71085
Three-dimensional seismic volume and well-log data from the Yowi Field, shallow offshore eastern Niger Delta, were used to evaluate structural styles, depocentre configuration, trap development and prospect distribution within this study area. The study area contains fault-relate...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71084
This study assessed the diversity, distribution and ecological characteristics of marine molluscs along Chandipur Beach on the Balasore coast of Odisha, India. Sampling was conducted in the upper, middle and lower intertidal zones during low tide. Molluscan specimens were collect...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71083
Graphite is a critical mineral for India because of its established industrial use and its growing role as an anode material in electric vehicle batteries and energy-storage technologies. India currently imports about 60% of its graphite requirement, despite having active domesti...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71082
This study investigates the geothermal potential of a 24,200 km² region in North-Central Nigeria, encompassing the Younger Granite province, a geologically significant area known for Jurassic granitic intrusions and tectonic activity. The primary goal of this research is to evalu...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71079
Soil microbiome engineering is increasingly recognised as a sustainable approach for improving crop productivity by managing beneficial microbial communities and their functions in agricultural soils. The soil microbiome comprises bacteria, fungi, archae a, viruses and other micr...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71080
This study examines water resource management challenges associated with declining Himalayan springs in the Alaknanda Basin of Uttarakhand, with attention to physical, socio-economic, ecological and governance dimensions of water scarcity. The research adopts a mixed-methods appr...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71081
Background: The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a key strategy for achieving sustainable development through resource efficiency, waste reduction, recycling and reuse. However, public awareness of CE principles remains limited in many developing regions, including Nigeria, w...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71078
In recent years, wildfires have shifted from a seasonal ecological disturbance to a persistent atmospheric crisis. Fire catalysts vary from agricultural encroachment in Brazil and Bolivia to stratospheric pyroconvection in Australia and conflict-induced ignitions in Ukraine, and...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71077
Vegetation dynamics provide information for assessing ecological condition, hydrological response and land-use change within watershed systems. This study assessed spatio-temporal variations in vegetation cover in the Bhadra Watershed, Karnataka, India, using the Normalised Diffe...
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Research Article10.9734/jgeesi/2026/v30i71075