{"title":"Analysis of the potential bamboo forest as an effort towards local wisdom-based ecotourism in sustainable spring conservation","authors":"Sumarmi, N. Wahyuningtyas, A. Sahrina, T. Mutia","doi":"10.5141/jee.22.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.22.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43688795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Danmek, Rawisara Ruenwai, C. Sorachakula, C. Jung, B. Chuttong
{"title":"Occurrence of an invertase producing strain of Aspergillus niger LP5 isolated from longan pollen and its application in longan syrup production to feed honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)","authors":"K. Danmek, Rawisara Ruenwai, C. Sorachakula, C. Jung, B. Chuttong","doi":"10.5141/jee.22.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.22.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44460891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
There is a paucity of information worldwide on the health problems among pesticide traders that are occupationally exposed to pesticides. A study was conducted in the Sultanate of Oman to investigate pesticide handling and their health risk perception by pesticide traders, and how these are impacted by their level of education, training, and the use of personal protection equipment (PPE). A total of 63 traders were randomly selected in four Regions (Al Batinah, Al Dhahirah, Al Dakhiliyah and Al Sharqiyah) in the Sultanate of Oman. Participation was based on full informed consent and assurances of confidentiality. The survey adopted the interview format, using hard copies of questionnaires. About 90% of the traders with formal pesticide training used some form of PPE, compared to 19% among those with no pesticide training. All (100%) of the trained traders had knowledge of pesticide regulations, informed customers on the proper use of pesticides and knew that pesticides could be dangerous. The corresponding percentages among the untrained traders were 13, 12 and 60, respectively. Among all the traders, the most reported health symptoms were headache (73%), skin irritation (71.4%) and salivation (63.5%). In as much as many farm workers and other pesticide end-users depend on the traders for information on pesticides, it is suggested that training be made mandatory for all pesticide traders. The use of PPE should also be made mandatory and pesticide inspectors should be made to inspect the pesticide shops regularly to ensure compliance.
{"title":"Pesticide Exposure and Health Risks: The Case of Pesticide Traders","authors":"Jovita O. Esechie","doi":"10.5296/jee.v13i1.19843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5296/jee.v13i1.19843","url":null,"abstract":"There is a paucity of information worldwide on the health problems among pesticide traders that are occupationally exposed to pesticides. A study was conducted in the Sultanate of Oman to investigate pesticide handling and their health risk perception by pesticide traders, and how these are impacted by their level of education, training, and the use of personal protection equipment (PPE). A total of 63 traders were randomly selected in four Regions (Al Batinah, Al Dhahirah, Al Dakhiliyah and Al Sharqiyah) in the Sultanate of Oman. Participation was based on full informed consent and assurances of confidentiality. The survey adopted the interview format, using hard copies of questionnaires. About 90% of the traders with formal pesticide training used some form of PPE, compared to 19% among those with no pesticide training. All (100%) of the trained traders had knowledge of pesticide regulations, informed customers on the proper use of pesticides and knew that pesticides could be dangerous. The corresponding percentages among the untrained traders were 13, 12 and 60, respectively. Among all the traders, the most reported health symptoms were headache (73%), skin irritation (71.4%) and salivation (63.5%). In as much as many farm workers and other pesticide end-users depend on the traders for information on pesticides, it is suggested that training be made mandatory for all pesticide traders. The use of PPE should also be made mandatory and pesticide inspectors should be made to inspect the pesticide shops regularly to ensure compliance.","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86792497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gordon Kofi Sarfo-Adu, Henry Kwabena Kokofu, Mark Aferdi Dadebo, Gladys Nkrumah, David Kwaku Galley
The goal of this investigation was to identify the customary practices on sacred groves and how they can help in achieving sustainable forest management in Ghana. The study examines forest management, deforestation, and sustainable forest management concepts. A case study of Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary and Malshegu Sacred Groves was explored. Interviews with community members were executed. Also, some secondary data on these two sacred groves were equally examined. The study found that taboos and other cultural beliefs were used to protect the sacred grooves with little government support. The study recommends that the state should make laws through the environmental protection agency and the forestry commission to support the cultural practices to achieve sustainable forest management.
{"title":"Management of Sacred Groves and Customary Practices in Pursuit of Sustainable Forest Management","authors":"Gordon Kofi Sarfo-Adu, Henry Kwabena Kokofu, Mark Aferdi Dadebo, Gladys Nkrumah, David Kwaku Galley","doi":"10.5296/jee.v13i1.19836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5296/jee.v13i1.19836","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this investigation was to identify the customary practices on sacred groves and how they can help in achieving sustainable forest management in Ghana. The study examines forest management, deforestation, and sustainable forest management concepts. A case study of Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary and Malshegu Sacred Groves was explored. Interviews with community members were executed. Also, some secondary data on these two sacred groves were equally examined. The study found that taboos and other cultural beliefs were used to protect the sacred grooves with little government support. The study recommends that the state should make laws through the environmental protection agency and the forestry commission to support the cultural practices to achieve sustainable forest management.","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89032139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current methodologies in construction of plant-pollinator network with emphasize on the application of DNA metabarcoding approach","authors":"S. Namin, Minwoong Son, C. Jung","doi":"10.5141/jee.22.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.22.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42691514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Population structure and regeneration of Zanthoxylum armatum DC. in Salyan, Nepal","authors":"N. Phuyal, P. K. Jha, P. Raturi, S. Rajbhandary","doi":"10.5141/jee.22.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.22.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43331598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity of phytoplankton from the Nakdong River, South Korea: Euglenophytes","authors":"Han-soon Kim, Jae Hak Lee","doi":"10.5141/jee.22.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.22.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44873871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is an invasive, exotic annual grass that exerts substantial negative ecological and economic influence in many of the ecosystems it invades. Cheatgrass has been extensively studied in the Great Basin region of North America where most precipitation comes in winter and early spring and the vegetation consists primarily of cool-season species and cespitose graminoid growth forms. However, much less research has been performed in the northern Great Plains region where precipitation comes primarily in spring and summer, supporting a mixture of cool and warm season plant species and both sod-forming and cespitose graminoid growth forms. In order to better understand cheatgrass ecology in the northern Great Plains region, we modeled cheatgrass abundance in relation to disturbance, vegetation, and site characteristics in two grassland locations in Montana. Multimodel inferences based on large generalized linear mixed-effects regression were used to identify variables important in predicting cheatgrass abundance. Our results suggest that cheatgrass appears to favor droughty site conditions associated with either coarser soil textures, shallower soils, or south-facing aspects. However, cheatgrass can exhibit extremely high abundances on more productive sites if disturbance creates an opportunity for invasion. Across all sites, it appears that soil disturbance can generate increased cheatgrass abundance and land management that promotes robust and vigorous vegetation and maximizes spatial and temporal niche occupancy should be encouraged to limit cheatgrass invasion and expansion.
{"title":"Patterns in Cheatgrass Abundance in Foothills Grasslands in Montana","authors":"Rebecca K. Ozeran, C. Carr","doi":"10.5296/jee.v13i1.19513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5296/jee.v13i1.19513","url":null,"abstract":"Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) is an invasive, exotic annual grass that exerts substantial negative ecological and economic influence in many of the ecosystems it invades. Cheatgrass has been extensively studied in the Great Basin region of North America where most precipitation comes in winter and early spring and the vegetation consists primarily of cool-season species and cespitose graminoid growth forms. However, much less research has been performed in the northern Great Plains region where precipitation comes primarily in spring and summer, supporting a mixture of cool and warm season plant species and both sod-forming and cespitose graminoid growth forms. In order to better understand cheatgrass ecology in the northern Great Plains region, we modeled cheatgrass abundance in relation to disturbance, vegetation, and site characteristics in two grassland locations in Montana. Multimodel inferences based on large generalized linear mixed-effects regression were used to identify variables important in predicting cheatgrass abundance. Our results suggest that cheatgrass appears to favor droughty site conditions associated with either coarser soil textures, shallower soils, or south-facing aspects. However, cheatgrass can exhibit extremely high abundances on more productive sites if disturbance creates an opportunity for invasion. Across all sites, it appears that soil disturbance can generate increased cheatgrass abundance and land management that promotes robust and vigorous vegetation and maximizes spatial and temporal niche occupancy should be encouraged to limit cheatgrass invasion and expansion.","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80925030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The deadly Covid-19 virus is contagious in nature and spreads through human respiratory droplets. Knowing about the characteristics of coronavirus in the water cycle is critical to save human lives. Recently miniscule traces of novel coronavirus found in non-potable water samples. COVID-19 virus is also found to exist in fecal matter indicating that the disease might spread through fecal- oral transmission. It is reported that Coronaviruses can remain infectious for days or even longer periods in sewage water as well as in the potable water. Coronavirus-infested water is a possible agency for human exposure and further transmission of disease. Essentially, the persons working at the wastewater/ sewage treatment plants must use standard hygiene practices, and sports personnel protective equipment to avoid viral infection. Though most water treatment practices are believed to kill or remove coronaviruses effectively in drinking and wastewater, but their effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 needs extensive research. By maintaining the hygienic conditions and providing the amenities of clean drinking water, one can deal with any contagious disease including COVID-19. Keeping above in view, in this paper highlights the survival and fate of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in water and wastewater and discuss the possible health concerns, besides the importance of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE).
{"title":"Survival and Fate of Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Water and Wastewater: Possible Health Concerns","authors":"Poonam Phuloria, Shachi Shah","doi":"10.5296/jee.v13i1.19674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5296/jee.v13i1.19674","url":null,"abstract":"The deadly Covid-19 virus is contagious in nature and spreads through human respiratory droplets. Knowing about the characteristics of coronavirus in the water cycle is critical to save human lives. Recently miniscule traces of novel coronavirus found in non-potable water samples. COVID-19 virus is also found to exist in fecal matter indicating that the disease might spread through fecal- oral transmission. It is reported that Coronaviruses can remain infectious for days or even longer periods in sewage water as well as in the potable water. Coronavirus-infested water is a possible agency for human exposure and further transmission of disease. Essentially, the persons working at the wastewater/ sewage treatment plants must use standard hygiene practices, and sports personnel protective equipment to avoid viral infection. Though most water treatment practices are believed to kill or remove coronaviruses effectively in drinking and wastewater, but their effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 needs extensive research. By maintaining the hygienic conditions and providing the amenities of clean drinking water, one can deal with any contagious disease including COVID-19. Keeping above in view, in this paper highlights the survival and fate of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in water and wastewater and discuss the possible health concerns, besides the importance of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE).","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79145134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of stand structure and growth characteristics between Korean white pine plantation and oak-dominated natural deciduous forest by thinning treatment","authors":"Daesung Lee, Jungkee Choi","doi":"10.5141/jee.22.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.22.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15658,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecology and Environment","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46322691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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