IOSR-JESTFT   Volume-14 ~ Issue-10 ~ October 2020

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the impacts of socio-economic activities on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Narok North Sub-County. It set out to analyse the Land Use and Land Cover Changes between the year 1986, 2000 and 2019 as well as assessing the impacts of socio-economic activities on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Narok North Sub-County. Both primary and secondary data were used in the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data on the impacts of socio-economic activities on Land Use and Land Cover Change while secondary data was collected from documents obtained from various agencies and organizations dealing with Environmental Protection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean, percentages and frequency while inferential statistics was done to test the association between the variables using the chi square test of association. Landsat satellite images covering Narok North Sub-County were acquired for three epochs; 1986, 2000 and 2019. The study revealed that there is a significant change in the Maasai Mau forest area based on the three images analyzed. The images showed that there was noticeable decrease in the forest cover from 44.8% in 1986 to....

Key words: Land Use and Land Cover Changes, Socio- Economic Impacts, Maasai Mau Forest

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Abstract: The paper presents a new procedure of converting a METCM meteorological message into the METEO11 format. The METEO11 format is necessary for a calculation of artillery firing data in some NATO countries. If these countries will operate in some multinational task forces and they will not be able to carry out their own comprehensive meteorological soundings, then other states may provide them meteorological messages. However, these meteorological messages will usually be in NATO standardized METB3 or METCM format. To ensure interoperability, it is therefore necessary to be able to convert these messages to the required METEO11 format. Background: A major obstacle to the interoperability of some artillery with other NATO nations is so-called meteorological preparation.......

Keywords:Meteorological message; METEO11; METCM; METB3; Artillery

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Abstract: Poor solid waste management (SWM) is a major threat to public health and socioeconomic well being of Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assemblies (MMDAs) as waste generation exceed management capacity. In Ga West Municipality, many interventions have been put in place to enhance SWM. However, there seems to be the lack of improvement in the management of solid waste. The study sought to assess the performance of Ga West Municipal Assembly in the management of solid waste. Specifically it assesses the problems affecting the implementation of policies and enforcement of laws on SWM. This study employed qualitative research method. A total of 20 respondents were interviewed from Ga West Municipal Assembly and Accra Compost and Recycling Plant. Findings revealed that solid waste collection rate was low and it was mainly limited to the urban areas. A......

Key words: Law enforcement, policies, stakeholder participation and performance

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Abstract: In a bid to decrease pesticide load in the environment, copper-chitosan nanoparticles synthesized by a green and standard chemical reduction method were loaded with paraquat dichloride, to determine possible controlled release of the herbicide. In one method, loading was accomplished by thermal cross-linking of the pesticide onto copper-chitosan nanoparticles with methylene bisphenyl isocyanate using N,N-dimethyl acetamide as solvent. Loading was achievedby simple equilibration in the second method.The paraquat-copper-chitosan nanoparticles were characterized using UV-visible spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Fourier Transform-Infrared......

Keywords: Chitosan, Copper, Nanoparticles, Paraquat dichloride,Release profiles

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Abstract: Background:The significance of improvedproduction of fish through intense aquaculture methods, include deterioration in water quality which often leads to stress, disease and cannibalism. Bio-depollutingby probiotics, is a prominentmethod to evade these problems. The efficiency of using Pondtoss (a probiotic)toincrease earthen pond water valuethroughbreeding ofhybrid "Heteroclarias‟ catfish fingerlings were assessed from September to November 2019. Materials and Methods:For this study, hybrid of♂Heterobranchus bidorsalisX♀Clarias gariepinusknown in Africa as"Heteroclarias‟frys were stocked in two earthen ponds. Pond A was treated with probiotic(Pondtoss) and pond B was used as control......

Keywords: Fingerlings, Plankton Diversity,Probiotic, Water Quality, Yield

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Abstract: Butterflies have always attracted attention due to their unique coloration and have played a pivotal role in the ecosystem. The present study reveals the diversity, abundance and host plant of butterfly species at Joychandi hill region of Purulia district. The study reflects that there are 33 butterfly species in this regions belonging to 5 families. Family Nymphailidae (45.45%) are dominant with 15 no of species. During monsoon and post- monsoon, butterflies are found in highest numbers.

Keywords: Butterfly diversity, Host plant, Joychandi Hill

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