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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Environmental Conservation Policies -- Legislation and Programs Supporting Envronmental Protection -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Environmental Protection and Management Act -- 1.2 Program for the Prevention of Environmental Risks -- 1.3 Environmental Risks -- 2 Environmental Legislation -- 2.1 Regulatory Bodies -- 2.2 Contamination of Land -- 3 Environmental Protection Support Program -- 3.1 Laws, Benchmarks, Controls, and Organizations Relating to the Environment in Nigeria -- 4 Conclusion -- References |
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Environmental Conservation for Sustainable Agriculture -- 1 Sustainability -- 1.1 Agriculture as a Sustainable Industry -- 1.2 International Agriculture Research Centres and Their Focus of Research for Sustainable Agriculture -- 2 Sustainable Development Goals -- 2.1 Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture -- 3 Sustainable Agriculture Strategies -- 3.1 Soil Nutrient Management -- 3.2 Crop Rotation -- 3.3 Crop Breeding -- 3.4 Pest and Weed Management -- 3.5 Microbiome Management -- 4 Environmental Conservation Strategies -- 4.1 Climate-Smart Irrigation -- 4.2 Soil Conservation |
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4.3 Waste Management -- 4.4 Carbon Sequestration -- 5 Challenges -- 5.1 Population Dynamics -- 5.2 Climate Change -- 5.3 Deforestation -- 6 Outlook for the Future -- 6.1 Wireless Telephones, the IoE [Internet of Everything] Leads to Transmission -- 6.2 Intertwining IoTs and Wireless Sensors -- 6.3 Drones and Robots -- 6.4 Machine Learning (ML) -- 6.5 Nutriculture and Multilevel Farming -- References -- Environmental Conservation for Rural and Urban Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rural-Urban Connectivity Theories -- 3 The Three-Magnet Hypothesis -- 4 Connections Between Rural and Urban Areas |
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4.1 Services for Provisioning -- 4.2 Regulating the Provision of Services -- 4.3 Cultural Offerings -- 4.4 Supporting Services -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Impact of Emerging Contaminant on Farmland Soil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Major Emerging Contaminants and Their Sources -- 3 Contamination of Farmland Soil with Ecs: From Sink to Source -- 4 Impact of Emerging Contaminants on Farmland Soil -- 5 Removal and Remediation Strategies of Emerging Contaminants -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Soil and Soil Issues -- Soil Formation, Soil Health and Soil Biodiversity -- 1 Basic Concepts of the Soil |
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2 Components of the Soil -- 2.1 Soil Minerals -- 2.2 Soil Organic Matter -- 2.3 Soil Water -- 2.4 Soil Air -- 3 The Soil Profile -- 4 Process of Formation of Soil -- 4.1 Specific Processes of Soil Formation -- 4.2 Factors Affecting Soil Formation -- 5 Conceptual Knowledge of Soil Health -- 5.1 Diseases Associated with Soil -- 5.2 Maintaining a Healthy Soil -- 5.3 Relevance of Good Soil Formation to Soil Health -- 6 Soil Biodiversity -- 6.1 Effects of Soil Biodiversity -- 6.2 Effects of Unhealthy and Poorly Formed Soils on Soil Biodiversity |
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Machine-generated record |
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031532702 |
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3031532708 |
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