Residues of agroindustrial origin can be used for various purposes, including the production of activated carbon. In order to conduct the experiment, residual biomass of Cocos nucifera-C and grape marc-B were used at the doses corresponding to 100C/0B, 75C/25B, 50C/50B, 25C/75B a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i230092
This article focuses on the functional role of Asian elephant in maintaining forest ecosystem and biodiversity. Elephant performs different activities in forest which greatly influence ecosystem processes, plant communities and trophic structure of the community. Elephants have c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i230091
The study utilized Landsat imageries of 1987 (Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM)), 2000 (Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+)) and 2014 (Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI)) to examine land transformation in the Gashaka-Gumti National Park. The analysis indicated that dense f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i230090
Noise pollution is a silent villain as it’s quite easy for being ignored by us. Urban areas are more exposed to this deadly agenda as the density of population and their belongings are excessive in there. This study differentiated noise levels of Sylhet City Corporation, a growin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i230089
Municipal Solid Waste management is one of the most fundamental issues in the contemporary urban environments particularly in developing countries like Ethiopia. A huge generation of waste coupled with unbalanced waste management services is the major challenges facing the City o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i230088
Accumulation of some heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd and Cr) was determined in selected fish; Moon fish (Citharinus citharus), Tilapia fish (Oreochronus niloticus), Mud fish (Clarias anguillaris), Cat fish (Clarias gariepinus) and Carp fish (Labeo coulbie) and water samples from Onuimo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i130087
The study was conducted to assess the contribution of Odoba forest reserve to rural livelihoods of the communities in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Pre-tested semi-structured questionnaires were administered to three hundred and seventy-six respondents i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i130086
Atmospheric pollution due to carbon dioxide emission from different fossil fuels and deforestations are considered as a great and important international challenge to the societies. This study is to investigate carbon dioxide (CO2) distributions in selected points in Nigeria usin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i130085
Aim: Agricultural production is directly affected by climate change. This means that access to climate information would help the farmers’ preparedness for farming activities and the decision on the types of crops to grow, when to grow them and the types of farm management activi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i130084
A preliminary survey of bird species and habitat in the Karmajhiri Range, Pench Tiger Reserve was conducted during March 2014 - May 2014. The aim of this study was assessment of avian population by addressing some ecological status such as faunal type, phenological traits, trophi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2019/v9i130083
As we embrace the new millennium of the 21st century, the threats to the environment are unprecedented. However, none of these threats is as immense as global warming. Environmental management and conservation actions are floundering in the face of climate change as the latter po...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2018/v8i430082
Raymond Odey Ajang, Ettah Akpang Ivon, Christopher Bassey Ndome, Elvis Monfung Ayim & Akaninyene Paul Joseph·Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology·2019
Economic performance of using Coppens (commercial fish feed) and locally formulated feeds for Clarias gariepinus culture was studied. Forty juveniles averaging a total length of 9.15 ± 0.17cm and weight of 20.00 ± 2.58g were used and fed twice daily at 3% of their body weight. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2018/v8i430081
This paper assessed projected changes of wind power potential in near future climate scenarios over four sites from two contrasting regions of Burundi. Observed and MERRA-2 data sets were considered for the historical period 1981-2010, and a computed Multi-model ensemble for futu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2018/v8i430080
Freshwater snails are crucial in assessing the ecological status of water bodies beside their economic, public and veterinary health importance. Hence, ecological studies pertaining to their abundance, diversity and distribution become paramount. A total of 1664 freshwater snails...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2018/v8i430078
The high spate of illegal mining activities in the Atiwa forest in the Eastern Region of Ghana has caused lots of damage to water bodies and its surrounding environment including soil and air pollution. This anthropogenic activity has resulted in elevated amounts of heavy metals...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2018/v8i330076