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Drylands (41 and 35% of global land and population, respectively) have the lowest biological productivity of any ecosystem, contain populations with the highest growth rates on earth, and share a significant fraction of global poverty for which desertification is implicated. A global assessment of the available information indicates that the inherent low productivity of drylands, when combined with other adverse factors, can generate poverty. It additionally indicates that while the drylands may exist in a locally stable and sustainable state, this is readily destabilized by non-linear, threshold-crossing transitions to an alternative steady-state leading to desertification, poverty and conflicts. The “desertification paradigm” (human and climatological pressures driving overexploitation of land resources, leading to desertification, poverty and reduced security) is challenged by its “counter-paradigm” (adversity elicits innovation, leading to ingenuous solutions for avoiding desertification). But the latter does not account for the inevitability of continued and increasing pressure on the finite dryland resources, expected to be further exacerbated by a globally increasing need for agricultural land. A companion paper points out that this situation can be avoided by reducing dependence on land productivity, through adoption of “alternative livelihoods.” These livelihoods, while economically advantageous, reduce pressure on land resources. 相似文献
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in soils along a rural-urban-rural transect: sources, concentration gradients, and profiles 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Gevao B Ghadban AN Uddin S Jaward FM Bahloul M Zafar J 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2011,159(12):3666-3672
This study reports concentrations of PBDEs in surface soil samples collected along a 140 km transect across Kuwait to assess the role of urban centers as sources of persistent organic pollutants to the surrounding environment. The ΣPBDE concentrations varied by a factor of ∼250 and ranged from 289 to 80,078 pg g−1 d.w. The concentrations of PBDEs in Kuwait City were significantly higher (p < 0.01) than those collected from sites outside the city supporting the hypothesis that urban centers are sources of PBDEs. The congener profiles were dominated by BDE-209, accounting for 93% of the PBDEs in the soil samples. The concentrations of all congeners (except BDE-209) were highly correlated with percent organic carbon (%OC) (p > 0.05) when the data from Kuwait City was omitted from the analysis. These findings suggest that soil concentrations outside the urban centers were close to equilibrium with the atmosphere. 相似文献
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Ejaz Abid Ahmad Kafeel Khan Zafar Iqbal Sultana Razia Akhtar Shahzad Nadeem Muhammad 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2022,29(17):24599-24611
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Many studies have described the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses to heavy metal toxicity and deficiencies individually in plants.... 相似文献
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Saulat Hammad Khan Muhammad Masood Aslam Muhammad Chawla Muhammad Rafiq Sikander Zafar Faisal Khan Muhammad Mahmood Bokhari Awais Jamil Farrukh Bhutto Abdul Waheed Bazmi Aqeel Ahmed 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(26):34051-34073
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Energy is an essential parameter for the economic growth and sustainable development of any country. Due to the rapid increase in energy demand,... 相似文献
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Tahir Tasmeena Luni Tania Majeed Muhammad Tariq Zafar Ayaz 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(7):8088-8101
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Climate change resulting from the higher concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is a threat to the sustainability of life on earth. To... 相似文献
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Mahmood Fatimah Khokhar Muhammad Fahim Mahmood Zafar 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2021,28(3):2923-2933
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - South Asia is comprised of several countries, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka, all ranked highly at risk of climatic variability.... 相似文献
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Kongbuamai Nattapan Zafar Muhammad Wasif Zaidi Syed Anees Haider Liu Yun 《Environmental science and pollution research international》2020,27(32):40171-40186
Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This paper investigates the impact of economic growth, energy consumption, tourism, trade openness, and population density on the ecological... 相似文献
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Asaad Ahmed Nafees Ambreen Kazi Zafar Fatmi Muhammad Irfan Arif Ali Fujio Kayama 《Environmental geochemistry and health》2011,33(2):203-216
This study was designed to determine the association between chronic arsenic exposure through drinking groundwater and decrement
in lung function, particularly among individuals who do not have signs of arsenic lesions, among an adult population. This
was a comparative cross-sectional study conducted during the months of January to March 2009. One hundred participants ≥15 years
of age in each group, i.e. exposed (≥100 μg/l) and unexposed (≤10 μg/l) to arsenic, determined by testing drinking water samples
(using portable kits), were compared for effects on lung function using spirometry. A structured and validated questionnaire
was administered. Examination for arsenic skin lesions was also done. There was a decline in the mean adjusted FEV1 of 154.3 ml
(95% CI: −324.7, 16.0; p = 0.076), in mean adjusted FVC of 221.9 ml (95% CI: −419.5, −24.3; p = 0.028), and in FEV1/FVC ratio of 2.0 (95% CI: −25.3, 29.4; p = 0.884) among participants who were exposed to arsenic compared to those unexposed. A separate model comprising a total
of 160 participants, 60 exposed to arsenic concentrations ≥250 μg/l and 100 unexposed at arsenic concentrations of ≤10 μg/l,
showed a decrement in mean adjusted FEV1 of 226.4 ml (95% CI: −430.4, −22.4; p = 0.030), in mean adjusted FVC of 354.8 ml (95% CI: −583.6, −126.0; p = 0.003), and in FEV1/FVC ratio of 9.9 (95% CI: −21.8, 41.6; p = 0.539) among participants who were exposed to arsenic in drinking groundwater. This study demonstrated that decrement in
lung function is associated with chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking groundwater, occurring independently, and even before
any manifestation, of arsenic skin lesions or respiratory symptoms. The study also demonstrated a dose-response effect of
arsenic exposure and lung function decrement. 相似文献
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the six criteria air pollutants related to urbanization and has a wide range of health effects. The study measured and compared the exhaled CO levels among commuters and roadside vendors in potentially heavy and low traffic volume areas of Karachi, a megacity in Pakistan. Saddar town [areas of M. A. Jinnah Road (Tibet Center, Denso Hall) and Empress Market] was selected to represent an area of high traffic volume and the suburban town of Gadap (Gadap and Gulshan-e-Maymar) was selected to represent an area of no or low traffic volume. The study compared the CO exposure of commuters and roadside vendors in high and low traffic volume in Karachi. CO exposure was measured in expired air using the breath analyzer module of Bacharach Monoxor-II, USA. A total of 326 individuals (115 commuters and 211 stationary roadside vendors) from Saddar town (n?=?193) and Gadap town (n?=?133) were selected. In addition, CO levels in ambient air in the same areas, using portable CO analyzer (Bacharach, Monoxor-II, USA), were measured. The mean ambient CO level at Saddar town was 15.6 (SE ± 2.6) ppm compared to 3.3 (SE ± 0.3) ppm at Gadap town. The mean CO level in expired air was significantly higher among nonsmokers at Saddar town (12.8 ± 0.5 ppm) compared to the nonsmokers at Gadap town (7.8 ± 0.4 ppm). The mean CO level in expired air among smokers was twice that of nonsmokers (21.6 vs. 10.6 ppm). CO in expired air was greater among high traffic volume commuters and roadside stationary population in Karachi, Pakistan. The population in Karachi is exposed to high concentration of air pollutants. These pollutants need to be characterized for health effects and interventions needs to be developed. 相似文献