Communicating climate change and biodiversity in coastal areas: A community-based adaptation strategy
Thursday, December 9th, 2010R.Z. Guzman, R.V. Ramilo and F.B. Samiano
Philippine Federation for Environmental Concern, Philippines
This paper is a component of a community-based climate change adaptation project that reviews current coastal policies and legislation and identify their weaknesses in addressing impacts of climate change, assess vulnerable areas that are suitable for demonstration of appropriate bio-physical adaptation measures designed to [...]
Economics of Utilization of Fly Ash Originating From the Coal Power Plant, Norochcholai
Thursday, December 9th, 2010B.R. Jayasekara and U.A.D.P. Gunawardena
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayewardenepura , Sri Lanka
A new type of a solid waste which is known as fly ash will be available in Sri Lanka at the end of year 2010 due to operations of the Coal power plant, Norochcholai. Fly ash is a superfine, [...]
Relative importance of salinity regimes and neighbor competition on vegetation dynamics in Sundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh: An individual-based model approach
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010M. N. I. Khan and U. Berger
Department of Forest Biometry and Systems Analysis, Institute of Forest Growth andComputer Sciences, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Along with the global depletion of mangrove ecosystems due to over-exploitation and other anthropogenic activities, sea level rise due to climate change may exert a potential impact to the salinity regimes in mangrove [...]
Restoration of sand dune vegetations after the Tsunami in Cuddalore, SouthEast coast of India
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010M. S. Muthukumarasamy and K.D. Kaliyaperumal
Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, India
Sand dune plants or psammophytes include creepers like beach morning glory (Ipomea pescaprae) and sand spinifex (Spinifex littoreus). These vegetations serve as binding agents to form sand dunes which in turn act as a shelter for some marine animals during the breeding [...]