the welfare of individual animals can be compromised during wildlife research and when scientific practices are applied in the field. One important aspect of wildlife science and management is the control of pest organisms; such control is undertaken for various reasons including to reduce economic losses, to minimize disease transmission, and for conservation purposes (Littin and Mellor, 2005)...

Environmentally responsible product development (ERPD), also known as environmentally benign manufacturing, considers both environmental impacts and economic objectives during the numerous and diverse activities of product development and manufacturing. ERPD seeks to develop energy-efficient and environmentally benign products. Throughout their life cycle, products generate environmental impact...

Received 6 July 2007 Accepted 9 July 2007 Natural and anthropogenic changes constantly impact the environment surrounding us. Available moisture and energy change due to variability and shifts in climate, and the separation of precipitation into different pathways on the land surface are altered due to wildfires, beetle infestations, urbanization, deforestation, invasive plant species, etc. Man...

An observational study was performed in the central Southern California Bight in Spring 2010 to understand the relationship between seasonal spring phytoplankton blooms and coastal processes that included nutrient input from upwelling, wastewater effluent plumes, and other processes. Multi-month Webb Slocum glider deployments combined with MBARI environmental sample processors (ESPs), weekly pi...

Goal, Scope and Background. In recent years several different approaches towards Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) have been developed. The purpose of this review is to compare these approaches in order to highlight methodological differences and general shortcomings. SLCA has several similarities with other social assessment tools, although, in order to limit the expanse of the review, only ...

in recent years, the debate over the environmental sustainability of agricultural productions is widely increased. in this context, environmental impacts of potato production by semi-mechanized method were studied in markazi province of iran. in this research, life cycle assessment approach was used to identify and reduce environmental impacts. the environmental impacts of potato production in ...

1831 Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72:1831-1837 doi:10.2136/sssaj2007.0423 Received 11 Dec. 2007. *Corresponding author ([email protected]). © Soil Science Society of America 677 S. Segoe Rd. Madison WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any informa...

Over the past decades, the poultry sector’s growth and trends towards intensification and concentration have given rise to a number of environmental concerns. A direct consequence of these structural changes (industrialization, geographical concentration and intensification) in poultry production is that far more waste than can be managed by land disposal is produced, resulting in environmental...

The Mekong River in Southeast Asia stands at the crossroads. As discussed in Ambio Special Issue (Kummu et al. 2008), the crossroads is ultimately about the way the river and its abundant resources should be used, with the most heated debate evolving around the issue of large hydropower dams. A relatively pristine river with an estimated hydropower potential of 53000MW in the basin, the Mekong ...