scholarly journals APPLIED MODEL OF METHODS FOR RECLAMATION OF SALT LAND

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (446) ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Zh. S. Mustafayev ◽  
L. V. Kireicheva ◽  
L. K. Zhusupova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Saline Soils ◽  
Leaching Rate ◽  
Applied Model ◽  
Drainage Networks ◽  
Resistant Medium ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Cognitive Activities

Based on the available achievements in the field of methodology, natural sciences and research in the field of environmental management, a method is proposed for constructing an applied model for the development of saline lands as "activity-natural objects" of the «Soils", including cognitive activities, transforming activities, transformations natural materials and materials formed as a result of anthropogenic activities, within the framework of which an applied model of methods for the reclamation of saline lands has been developed. On the basis of an applied model transforming the activity of saline lands, a method for developing saline lands has been developed, including the preparation of temporary irrigation and drainage networks and checks, deep ameliorative loosening of the soil across the drains with alternating loosened strips with the same width with the subsequent supply of flushing water to the checks. The method differs in that the development of saline lands is carried out in two symmetrical and parallel-sequential actions in time in annual intervals, with desalinization of saline soils to a certain permissible level with the supply of a leaching rate, taking into account the environmental requirements of environmental management and classification of saline soils and salt tolerance of agricultural crops from very highly saline to highly saline, from highly saline to medium saline, from medium saline to slightly saline and from slightly saline to non-saline, with subsequent cultivation of the corresponding salt tolerant crops: very resistant – resistant – medium resistant – medium sensitive – sensitive.

Environmental and Climate Declarations as Tools for Exporting Russian Construction Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 786 (11) ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
A.V. DERBENEV ◽  
◽  
D.M. VADIVASOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Environmental Agreements ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
The Russian Federation

Environmental protection, climate change, and the protection of the planet’s biodiversity are becoming top priorities in modern society. Environmental agreements, while important and necessary, including for achieving sustainable development goals, impose additional restrictions on products and producers of these products. These restrictions can be used by countries to create barriers to the import of construction materials. Countries that have ratified environmental agreements may restrict the import of products that do not meet environmental requirements or criteria in one way or another. International environmental management tools are described, in particular environmental and climate declarations, which can serve as tools for solving the problem of possible restrictions and barriers in the export of construction materials produced in the Russian Federation.

CETREL's environmental management system (BS-7750): an advanced and innovative project

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-237
Author(s):  
F. A. Pereira ◽  
A. B. Kauss
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Management System ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
The Government

This paper analyses all of the activities carried out by CETREL to establish its Environmental Management System - EMS. This system encompasses all of CETREL's environmental protection efforts: treatment of industrial effluents and residues; environmental monitoring (soil, air, groundwater, rivers and the sea); wildlife preservation programme, environmental education programme, among other activities. CETREL's EMS is a mid-sized system consisting of nearly 425 Instruments (244 Procedures and 181 Work Instructions). The size of the system was selected based on British Standard BS-7750, which provides the principal tools that will allow the organisation to continually maximise beneficial environmental effects while minimising adverse environmental effects. Since the EMS in question is a voluntary one, the result of initiatives taken by CETREL itself, the system's design and architecture were chosen so that the Company's environmental standards would be more stringent than those in the environmental legislation, that is, stricter than the government-mandated environmental requirements.

scholarly journals A novel approach to the classification of terrestrial drainage networks based on deep learning and preliminary results on solar system bodies

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Donadio ◽  
Massimo Brescia ◽  
Alessia Riccardo ◽  
Giuseppe Angora ◽  
Michele Delli Veneri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Morphological Variations ◽  
Control Factors ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Drainage Networks ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Intrinsic Complexity ◽  
Solar System Bodies ◽  
Manual Extraction

AbstractSeveral approaches were proposed to describe the geomorphology of drainage networks and the abiotic/biotic factors determining their morphology. There is an intrinsic complexity of the explicit qualification of the morphological variations in response to various types of control factors and the difficulty of expressing the cause-effect links. Traditional methods of drainage network classification are based on the manual extraction of key characteristics, then applied as pattern recognition schemes. These approaches, however, have low predictive and uniform ability. We present a different approach, based on the data-driven supervised learning by images, extended also to extraterrestrial cases. With deep learning models, the extraction and classification phase is integrated within a more objective, analytical, and automatic framework. Despite the initial difficulties, due to the small number of training images available, and the similarity between the different shapes of the drainage samples, we obtained successful results, concluding that deep learning is a valid way for data exploration in geomorphology and related fields.

An operational method for the ecohydrological classification of temporary rivers and streams

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Gallart ◽  
Núria Cid ◽  
Pilar Llorens ◽  
Jérôme Latron ◽  
Núria Bonada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Hydrologic Alteration ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Temporary Streams ◽  
Drainage Networks ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
Riverine Systems

<p>Water courses that recurrently cease to flow represent a large part of drainage networks, and are expected to expand with global warming and increased exploitation of water resources. Common classifications of the regime of these temporary streams are based on the statistics of zero flow events. This is partly practical because these statistics can be obtained from flow records or model simulations and the results can be used for some environmental regulations or management purposes.</p><p>Nevertheless, it is well known that the main hydrological control on riverine aquatic life is the presence-absence of water rather than its flow regime. Disconnected pools that frequently remain in temporary streams after flow cessation provide valuable refuges for aquatic life, which can last up to all year round. An operational characterisation of the hydrological regime of temporary streams useful for ecological purposes must therefore take into account at least the three main aquatic phases that they undergo: flow, disconnected pools and dry stream bed. However, gauging stations and the derived hydrological models may only marginally inform about the possible occurrence of disconnected pools after the cessation of flow.</p><p>In order to facilitate the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive to the temporary streams, an operational approach has been developed to describe and classify the regime of temporary streams and to assess their degree of hydrologic alteration, relevant to aquatic life. This approach is encapsulated in the freely available TREHS software. The first step of this approach is the gathering of information on the frequency of the three aquatic phases using diverse sources of information, such as flow records and simulations, <em>in situ</em> observations, interpretation of aerial or terrestrial series of photographs, and interviews with local inhabitants or technicians familiar with the riverine systems. Up to six metrics describing these frequencies and their temporal patterns of occurrence are used to determine the natural and observed stream regime, and to assess the degree of hydrological alteration.</p><p>The combination of the complementary frequencies of the three main aquatic phases allows the description of the regime of every stream as a point in a ternary plot, where the three vertices of the triangle represent the perennial streams, the perennial pools and the terrestrial systems, respectively. This ternary plot assists the classification of the regime of any stream that takes into account the statistics of the main proxies of the occurrence of aquatic habitats. The TREHS software also provides a classification of the regimes in the ternary plot that groups the regimes of assumed ecological significance and uses terms that are conflict-free from the current classifications. Furthermore, TREHS users can easily define new regime classes in this plot according to the ecohydrological characteristics of their streams.</p>

scholarly journals Feline obesity: risk factors and clinical and metabolic findings

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 3305-3320
Author(s):  
Camila Moura de Lima ◽  
◽  
Gustavo Antônio Boff ◽  
Sergiane Baes Pereira ◽  
Alexsander Ferraz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Body Condition Score ◽  
Serum Biochemistry ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gamma Glutamyl Transferase ◽  
Glutamyl Transferase

Excess body fat can cause a series of metabolic and mechanical effects on the body. Therefore, this study aimed to verify the clinical, metabolic, and risk factors of overweight (OW) cats. For the acceptance of participation in the research, the tutors were asked to answer a questionnaire containing 34 questions and to point out the body condition score (BCS) on a sheet containing nine images of different scores (1 to 9 on a 9-point scale). Thereafter, the body evaluations were performed as a classification of the BCS on a scale from 1 to 9, with an ideal score (IS) of BCS 5 and OW for BCS > 5. Further, the lean mass index and morphometric measurements (thoracic and abdominal circumferences and height and length of the patella to calcaneal tuberosity) were performed to estimate the percentage of body fat. Systolic blood pressure was measured using the non-invasive Doppler method and blood was collected for hemogram and serum biochemistry (creatinine, urea, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, glucose, triglycerides, and cholesterol). After these analyses, we sought to guide and raise the awareness of the tutors to promote the correct nutritional and environmental management of the animals. Thirty adult cats were divided into two groups, based on the classification of the BCS, with eight having an IS and 22 being OW. The OW group was found to have a low level of physical activity, hypercholesterolemia, and higher values of body characteristics. Additionally, there was a median agreement between the perceptions of the clinician and the tutors. Therefore, it was concluded that the main laboratory alteration found in the obese cats was hypercholesterolemia, which was a critical parameter. It was observed that a low degree of physical activity could cause excess weight gain. It was found that the guardians of the cats with ideal weight underestimated the BCS, which could contribute to the supply of excess food and consequently, obesity. Thus, this study was sought to guide and raise the awareness of tutors, to promote the correct nutritional and environmental management thereby providing welfare and quality of life to the animals.

scholarly journals Landscape differentiation of environmental management systems in Afghanistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
I. V. Shashkov
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Cattle Breeding ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Agricultural Use ◽  
Dry Farming

The article is devoted to the analysis of the location of various forms of environmental management in Afghanistan. The main approaches to the classification of environmental management are considered, a version of the classification of environmental management in relation to the landscape conditions of Afghanistan is proposed, and a corresponding map has been drawn up. It was found that in the largest areas of the territory within the administrative borders of Afghanistan, dry farming (including cattle breeding), small oasis and oasis farming involving pasture cattle breeding with extremely low productivity is implemented, but their area is more than 70 % of the total area of the country. Highly productive agricultural use of nature is realized only under conditions of artificial irrigation, and occupies extremely small areas, which are also the most densely populated.

scholarly journals Environmental Management Systems (Ems) - Control Instrument of the Impact of the Organization Activities on the Environment

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Oana Duralia
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Markets ◽  
Control Instrument ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Due to the ability to create and use technology, the human being has found various ways to transform the resources of the Earth in all sorts of new materials, equipment and energy sources. At least since the last industrial revolution until now, each generation has added more technology to the received legacy, but at the same time, left the planet in a far more degraded state than the inherited condition. Within these changes, small and medium enterprises (SME) in their capacity as pillars of the economic development of a nation, have been compelled to change their previous strategies. Implementing an Environmental Management Systems (EMS) can be seen as the only way to connect the activities of the organization to the environmental requirements, in a context in which the orientation of the demand towards environmental markets is becoming increasingly apparent.

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