Efficient recovery of rare metal lanthanum from water by MOF-modified biochar: DFT calculation and dynamic adsorption by Qilan Huang, Qianru Zhang, Shuwen Zhao, Chuchen Zhang, Huixin Guan, Jianqiao Liu

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Human and entomological determinants of malaria transmission in the Lihir Islands of Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional study. by Pere Millat-Martínez, Michelle Katusele, Bernadine Kasian, Elias Omera, Esther Jamea, Lina Lorry, Aina Casellas, Dan Ouchi, Chilaka Wali, Sylvia Raulo, Arthur Elizah, Peter Kaman, Absalom Dau, Muker Sakur, Lemen Kilepak, Siub Yabu, Nelson Koata, John Kave, Michael Toa, Christopher Urakusie, Charles Kongs, Frank Kisba, Moses Laman, Oriol Mitjà, William Pomat, Quique Bassat, Stephan Karl, Bàrbara Baro

“…<h4>Background</h4>The Lihir Islands of Papua New Guinea, located in an area with high burden of malaria and hosting a large mining operation, offer a unique opportunity to study transmission. …”
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Influence of Human Activities on the Rate of Soil Erosion in Ihunga Hill Nyarushanje Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Tugumenawe, Dancun

“…Causes of soil erosion in Nyarushanje Sub¬County Rukungiri District were deforestation, watering gardens and lawns, agriculture, mining, and grazing animals. The study results on the implications of soil erosion to the local community in Nyarushanje Sub-County Rukungiri District were degrading land resource base, soil quality depreciation, low food and agriculture, wearing away of the land surface, loss of the nutrient-rich upper layers of the soil and reduced water-holding capacity. …”
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Mineralized Granitic Porphyry of the Yangla Copper Deposit, Western Yunnan, China: Geochemistry of Fluid Inclusions and H-O, S, and Pb Isotopes by Xinfu Wang, Bo Li, ShenJin Guan, Olivier Nadeau, Guo Tang

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WORLD EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL SUPPORT OF FOOD SECURITY by Yuliya Pustovit, Olena Dragan, Alina Berher

“…The implementation of these measures is aimed at achieving the following goals: replenishing the agricultural market by supporting producers; restoring food industry enterprises; ensuring the availability of food for all segments of the Ukrainian population; strengthening food security by replenishing state reserves with food; creating a food security monitoring system; prioritising the de-mining of agricultural land; adapting to climate change, etc.…”
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Assessing Microbial Diversity in Páramo Soils (Multistrategy Analysis): Effects of Potato Farming and Livestock Grazing in Nevados National Natural Park, Colombia by Lizeth Manuela Avellaneda-Torres, Tomás León Sicard, Edlin Guerra Castro, Esperanza Torres-Rojas

“…Four of the six evaluated matrices (physicochemical, enzymatic activities, most probable number, and arable functional groups) revealed significant differences according to land use. The strategy adopted by the arable functional group matrix, in which the diversity of nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilization, and cellulolytic compounds was evaluated, showed the most significant impacts of the different factors (land use, season, and elevation), especially those caused by potato cultivation and livestock. …”
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Experimental Research on the Influence of Temperature on the Static Properties of Skarn by Lei Liu, Xiang Meng, Hao Qin, Zhaozhao Chang

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Establishment of Regional Regulations For Coastal Area Rehabilitation As An Environmental Restoration Effort In Buru District by Popy Tuhulele, Arman Anwar, Armelia Febriyanti Waas

“…Environmental pollution and destruction not only occurs in mining areas but also land, river flows, bays, coasts and seas which are the final estuaries of mining remains. …”
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Studying Summer Season Drought in Western Russia by Anthony R. Lupo, Igor I. Mokhov, Yury G. Chendev, Maria G. Lebedeva, Mirseid Akperov, Jason A. Hubbart

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Factors Influencing the Uptake and Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Bubaare Micro-Catchment, Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Willbroad, Byamukama, Ssemakula, E, Kalibwani, R

“…As a consequence, this has threatened the agricultural productivity, biodiversity, water quality and availability as well as the livelihoods of the poor who depend on land. In Uganda, this has been attributed to poor land use practices with inadequate SWC measures and persistent nutrient mining of the soils with little or no replenishment. …”
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Miroir, miroir joli… : l’eau dans le jardin paysage by Ilona Woronow

“…While the natural watercourse determines the land settlement, its banks artistically disguise the gardener’s contribution. …”
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Biochar application to soils can regulate soil phosphorus availability: a review by Lixin Zhang, Lei Chang, Huijia Liu, María de Jesús Puy Alquiza, Yuefen Li

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LMF-Net: A Learnable Multimodal Fusion Network for Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Data by Jihao Li, Wenkai Zhang, Weihang Zhang, Ruixue Zhou, Chongyang Li, Boyuan Tong, Xian Sun, Kun Fu

“…Semantic segmentation of remote sensing images has produced a significant effect on many applications, such as land cover, land use, and smoke detection. With the ever-growing remote sensing data, fusing multimodal data from different sensors is a feasible and effective scheme for semantic segmentation task. …”
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Les pôles d’excellence comme facteur de compétitivité et d’attractivité des territoires : l’exemple de la métropole lilloise by Ludivine Malaterre-Vaille

“…This survey shows us that the requirement of land profitability was sometimes made to the detriment of the ambitions posted at first.…”
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Prediction of Soil Organic Carbon Content in <italic>Spartina alterniflora</italic> by Using UAV Multispectral and LiDAR Data by Jiannan He, Yongbin Zhang, Mingyue Liu, Lin Chen, Weidong Man, Hua Fang, Xiang Li, Xuan Yin, Jianping Liang, Wenke Bai, Fuping Li

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Pollution and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Sediments and Soils around Tiegelongnan Copper Deposit, Northern Tibet, China by Yuhu Luo, Qinxian Jia

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Landslide susceptibility assessment by implementing the analytical hierarchy process in GIS weight overlay tool: A case study of the Krupanj area in Western Serbia by Đokanović Sonja

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Plants as Useful Vectors to Reduce Environmental Toxic Arsenic Content by Nosheen Mirza, Qaisar Mahmood, Mohammad Maroof Shah, Arshid Pervez, Sikander Sultan

“…Anthropogenic As contamination of soil may result from mining, milling, and smelting of copper, lead, zinc sulfide ores, hide tanning waste, dyes, chemical weapons, electroplating, gas exhaust, application of municipal sludge on land, combustion of fossil fuels, As additives to livestock feed, coal fly ash, and use of arsenical pesticides in agricultural sector. …”
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An Approach for Discovering Urban Transport Service Problem Based on Hotline by Ruo-yu Wu, Chun-fu Shao, Cheng-xiang Zhuge, Xin-yi Wang, Xu-yang Yin

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Utilizing hydrophobic sand to construct an air permeable aquiclude to enhance rice yields by Jing Wu, Xiaoyan Ma, Yuming Su, Shengyi Qin, Francesco Pilla

“…Abstract The Chinese government attaches great importance to the ecological restoration of abandoned open-pit mines, increasing the area of cultivated land, and ensuring food security. …”
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