Electric fences have long been used for herding animals such as horses around the world. In Sri Lanka, such electric fences can be seen widely used to prevent human-animal conflicts, especially with regard to elephants. ...

Finding a solution for wastes is a crucial point in the industrial sector. This study is mainly focused to find an effective solution for wastes; polyethylene terephthalate (PETE/PET) plastic dust and sludge that are ...

In arson crime, petroleum derivatives are often used as fire accelerants. Common accelerants available are gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, which are highly used for setting a fire crime because, they are cheap, easily ...

Food is essential for a human being to survive. Therefore, for safe consumption, the quality of the food is important. Due to the ever-increasing demand for food products, adulteration is a very common process for gaining ...

Global biodiversity is in danger due to anthropogenic threats causing an accelerated loss of species. Conservation education plays a key role in combatting biodiversity loss, urging the need to engage communities including ...

Clear-cutting can be recognized as an economical way of timber harvesting in terms of profit and time-saving. Simultaneously, the rapid change within any ecosystem caused by the removal of entire vegetation causes serious ...

Fungicides have the potential to deleteriously affect the non-targeted aquatic microbial communities, macroinvertebrates communities and key ecosystem processes such as litter decomposition, nutrient recycling. Tebuconazole ...

“Sabaragamuwa University Nature Reserve” (SaUNaR) is an institutionally managed protected area especially for watershed protection, which covers an extent of 13.2 Acres (about 10% of the total area of the university ...

Environmental remediation has been used to solve environmental pollution problems effectively and efficiently. Microorganisms can be used in bioremediation processes to remove residual pesticides from the ecosystems. ...

The textile industry is one of the most influential industries in the world, but one of the most polluting owing to the significant amount of emissions and effluents resulting from the consumption of energy, water and ...