SYSTEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR NON-NATURAL RESERVE AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF THE CHAISHITAN WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT ON LAND USE AND PLANT DIVERSITY IN YUNNAN, CHINA

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) before and after the establishment of a Water Conservancy Project (WCP) is of great theoretical and practical importance for assessing the effectiveness of ecological restoration efforts.WCPs rehabilitate flood-damaged areas or other regions hit by disasters by controlling and redistributing surface water and g

Risk assessment during emission of toxic chemicals at railway transport is the problem of great scientific interest.To make such assessment we need special computer models.At present, in Ukraine,we have lack of such models.The authors present numerical models for territorial risk assessment in case of organized emissionsat railway transport (for ex

When I went to Nicaragua for the first time during the Contra war, I had no idea that I would soon wind up helping a Nica friend start two Foundation literacy programs and then a Free High School for Adults.It opened in 2002, and now, only 15 years later, we have 1001 graduates, 54% women, 45% rural (mainly from subsistence farm families)--all of t