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Natural Resources (NR) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in natural resources throughout the world. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and engineers (on all academic and professional levels) all over the world to promote, discuss and share various new issues…
Ali Moumouni, Nathaniel Goeter Goki, Mohammed Suleiman Chaanda
Geological mapping as well as chemical analysis for marble deposit in the Muro-Obugu-Panda area of Toto Local Government, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, was carried out. The objectives of the study are to first map out the extent of the deposit and then evaluate it…
Subbu Kumarappan, Satish Joshi
Biorefineries are keen to design optimal biomass supply chains to minimize production, harvest, transport, and other costs. Such a design problem is challenging with the availability of multiple feedstocks (agricultural residues, perennials such as energy cro…
Ioannis Gravalos, Panagiotis Xyradakis, Dimitrios Kateris, Theodoros Gialamas, Dimitrios Bartzialis, Kyriakos Giannoulis
Solid biomass fuels are useful and cost effective renewable energy source. The energy content of biomass is determined by its calorific value. The objective of this study was to determine experimentally the gross calorific value (GCV) of different agroforestr…
Munyaneza Emmanuel, Hategekimana J. Damascene, Ruffo K. Christopher, Minani Vedaste
Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br, locally known as “Impombo” is an important indigenous food crop in Rwanda which is currently endangered. One major factor that causes disappearance of this species, is the lower agronomic recommendations developed for growers a…
Igor V. Volvenko
The first part of the article provides an overview of the theoretical evidence, the main provisions, and the implementation strategy of information support for bioresource and ecosystem research in the north-west Pacific, which has been conducted over the pas…
David Owino Manoa, Francis Mwaura
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) arises when wildlife shares the same physical space with humans. HWC, particularly livestock predation results in great negative impacts both to pastoralist and carnivores. Various approaches including compensation, livestock gua…
Jeffrey Skeer, Shunichi Nakada
Substantial potential exists to expand supplies of biomass for energy applications through more systematic collection of agricultural residues, more intensive cultivation of croplands, and reduced waste and losses in the food chain. This study aims to show ho…
Fortunate Twagiramaria, Casim Umba Tolo
Kigezi highlands currently experiences changes in precipitation and temperature which modify the evaporation and soil moisture storage leading to alterations in runoff and other components of hydrological systems. Extreme events, like floods and droughts, are…
Gudina L. Feyisa, Zerihun Kebebew, Kiflu H. Ali, Hirko D. Kanke, Andy Nelson
Short Retraction Notice This article has been retracted according to COPE's Retraction Guidelines .The authors requested withdrawal from journal Natural Resources due to institutional publication policy of some of the authors. The Editorial Board would like t…
Uyiosa Omoregie
The price of oil is probably the single most important economic variable in the global economy. The rapid drop in price of oil in 2014 set analysts and commentators busy, trying to predict its trajectory and implications. More than $150 billion of investments…
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