scholarly journals Syntaxonomy of vegetation of Kalush hexachlorobenzene toxic waste landfill (Ivano-Frankivsk region)

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-370
Author(s):  
V. I. Parpan ◽  
N. V. Shumska ◽  
M. J. Rudeichuk-Kobzeva ◽  
M. M. Mylenka
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Toxic Waste ◽  
Moisture Regime ◽  
Herbaceous Plant ◽  
Vegetation Composition ◽  
Waste Landfill ◽  
Halophytic Communities ◽  
Succession Processes

The vegetation of a landfill of hexachlorobenzene toxic waste was studied. It is situated in the neighborhood of Kalush (Ivano-Frankivsk region) and has an area of 4.5 ha. As a result of damage to the containers, hazardous waste has contaminated the air, soil and aquifers at the test site and adjacent areas. During the period 2010–2012 measures were taken to recover and remove the mixture of toxic waste and contaminated soil from the landfill. In its place, unpolluted soil was brought to the landfill. Work was carried out to recultivate the territory. Nowadays natural succession of vegetation cover is observed. There is closed herbaceous cover in the western part of the landfill. The total projective herbaceous cover in the central and eastern parts varies from 10% to 60%. Vegetation composition of the landfill contains eight syntaxa of association rank that belong to seven alliances, six orders and five classes. Communities of the Phragmito-Magnocaricetea and Bolboschoenetea maritimi classes (ass. Typhetum laxmanii) grow in areas with excessive humidification. The central and eastern parts of the waste landfill are primarily occupied by halophytic communities of the Puccinellio distanti-Tripolietum vulgare association of the Asteretea tripolium class. Ruderal communities belong to three associations of the Artemisietea vulgaris class. These communities mainly occur in the periphery zone of Kalush landfill. Areas with a moderate moisture regime are occupied by ruderal communities of the Calamagrostietum epigeios association of the Agropyretea repentis class. The total number of vascular herbaceous plant species at the landfill is 119. The dominating groups are meadow, synanthropic and wetland species. The differentiation of vegetation cover is caused by heterogeneity of edaphic and hydrological conditions, also by different activity of succession processes. 

scholarly journals Rapid Evaluation and Validation Method of Above Ground Forest Biomass Estimation Using Optical Remote Sensing in Tundi Reserved Forest Area, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Akhouri P. Krishna ◽  
Thorkild M. Rasmussen ◽  
Mahendra K. Pal
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Relational Model ◽  
Biomass Estimation ◽  
Optical Remote Sensing ◽  
Ground Sample ◽  
Sensing Data

Optical remote sensing data are freely available on a global scale. However, the satellite image processing and analysis for quick, accurate, and precise forest above ground biomass (AGB) evaluation are still challenging and difficult. This paper is aimed to develop a novel method for precise, accurate, and quick evaluation of the forest AGB from optical remote sensing data. Typically, the ground forest AGB was calculated using an empirical model from ground data for biophysical parameters such as tree density, height, and diameter at breast height (DBH) collected from the field at different elevation strata. The ground fraction of vegetation cover (FVC) in each ground sample location was calculated. Then, the fraction of vegetation cover (FVC) from optical remote sensing imagery was calculated. In the first stage of method implementation, the relation model between the ground FVC and ground forest AGB was developed. In the second stage, the relational model was established between image FVC and ground FVC. Finally, both models were fused to derive the relational model between image FVC and forest AGB. The validation of the developed method was demonstrated utilizing Sentinel-2 imagery as test data and the Tundi reserved forest area located in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand state in eastern India was used as the test site. The result from the developed model was ground validated and also compared with the result from a previously developed crown projected area (CPA)-based forest AGB estimation approach. The results from the developed approach demonstrated superior capabilities in precision compared to the CPA-based method. The average forest AGB estimation of the test site obtained by this approach revealed 463 tons per hectare, which matches the previous estimate from this test site.

Assessment of the tritium distribution in the vegetation cover in the areas of underground nuclear explosions at the Semipalatinsk test site

2021 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 106705
Author(s):  
Ye.N. Polivkina ◽  
N.V. Larionova ◽  
S.N. Lukashenko ◽  
O.N. Lyakhova ◽  
M.T. Abisheva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Underground Nuclear Explosions ◽  
Nuclear Explosions ◽  
Semipalatinsk Test Site

The diet and vegetation composition of Egyptian tortoise habitat in North Sinai, Egypt

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Omar Attum ◽  
Basem Rabia ◽  
Magdy El-Bana ◽  
Sherif Baha El Din
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Arid Environment ◽  
Vegetation Composition ◽  
Vegetation Survey ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
High Species Richness ◽  
Line Transects ◽  
North Sinai

Abstract We studied the diet and vegetation composition of Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni, habitat in North Sinai, Egypt. Dietary data was recorded through direct observations and the vegetation composition was recorded through the use of quadrats and line transects in 66 sampling points (33 in tortoise areas and 33 in non-tortoise areas). Our results showed that vegetation of Egyptian tortoise habitat had high species richness, Simpson’s diversity index, and vegetation cover in contrast to areas without Egyptian tortoises. These tortoises ate thirty four species of plants, a majority of these being perennials, with most feeding observations occurring in spring and winter. The consumption of perennials may enable Egyptian tortoises to find and consume food in an arid environment with low, variable and unpredictable rainfall. The plants most consumed were rare in our vegetation survey, suggesting food preferences. Our study suggests that Egyptian tortoises, which rely on vegetation for food and refugia, may suffer if vegetation cover and richness decrease.

scholarly journals The role of health and safety experts in the management of hazardous and toxic wastes in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 07011
Author(s):  
Supriyadi ◽  
Hadiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Toxic Waste ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Experts

Occupational Safety and Health Experts in Indonesia have an important role in integrating environmental health and safety factors, including in this regard as human resources assigned to undertake hazardous waste management. Comprehensive knowledge and competence skills need to be carried out responsibly, as an inherent professional occupational safety and health profession. Management leaders should continue to provide training in external agencies responsible for science in the management of toxic waste to enable occupational safety and health experts to improve their performance in the hierarchy of control over the presence of hazardous materials. This paper provides an overview of what strategies and competencies the Occupational Safety and Health expert needs to have in embracing hazardous waste management practices.

A Multimedia Study of Hazardous Waste Landfill Gas Migration

1986 ◽  
pp. 265-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Stephens ◽  
Nancy B. Ball ◽  
Danny M. Mar
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Landfill Gas ◽  
Gas Migration ◽  
Waste Landfill ◽  
Hazardous Waste Landfill

Research on Odours Emitted from Non-Hazardous Waste Landfill Using Dynamic Olfactometry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Meišutovic-Akhtarieva ◽  
Eglė Marčiulaitienė
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Waste Landfill ◽  
Odour Source ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Odour Concentration ◽  
Odour Emissions ◽  
Hazardous Waste Landfill ◽  
Dynamic Olfactometry

The article analyses the existing research on odour emissions from the passive odour source – municipal landfill for non-hazardous waste. The current research has been carried out in the Vilnius county, at the Kazokiškės landfill for regional municipal waste. Odour emissions were analysed using samples from waste of different age and at different outdoor air temperatures. The investigation determined the concentration of odourous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) formed in the landfill (mg/m3) and odour emissions (OUe/m2s). The odour concentration varied between 0.02 OUe/m2s (from 9 year old waste at 11oC) to 1.29 OUe/m2s (from 0–3 year old waste at minus 1 oC and minus 10 oC). It was determined that as temperature decreases (within the range of 11 to minus 10 oC), the concentration of odour emissions increases. The coefficient of correlation between the temperature of environment and the concentration of odours emitted from the landfill stood at minus 0.91.

Leachate Free Hazardous Waste Landfill

1990 ◽  
pp. 1215-1216
Author(s):  
Karl Rohrhofer ◽  
Fariar Kohzad
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Waste Landfill ◽  
Hazardous Waste Landfill
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