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Energy, Economy and Environment for future Energy Security and Sustainability
The fear of reaching the 1.5°C global warming limit before the decade ends is now a probable reality. The inevitable linkages and the impossibility of pursuing the issues of energy, economy and environment as separate actions and will inevitably impact on the...
Impacts of Green Revolution on Agro-ecosystem in Sri Lanka
The green revolution started in the mid-20th century when Norman Borlaug developed an ultra-resilient strain of wheat in Mexico. He earned the title of “father of Green Revolution” and the Nobel Peace Prize for saving billions of the world's population from...
Biochar and Bamboo Industry
Biochar is a high carbon, the fine granular residue produced through pyrolysis. The direct thermal decomposition of biomass is in the absence of oxygen to prevent combustion and produces a mixture of solids (biochar), liquid (bio-oil), and gas (syngas) products....
Whither Biodiversity in a Deepening Economic Crisis?
It is challenging to attract everyone’s attention to environmental conservation amidst a deepening economic crisis as the priorities of the community have changed now. Many experts warn that the crisis is expected to hit hard the environment and biodiversity...
COVID 19 and Water Hygiene
Covid 19 has been the most considerable situation in today's society which has been a global pandemic spreading all over the world surpassing the traditional country borders and territories. The cause of the disease is the virus named SARS CoV-2 or else, Severe Acute...
Waste Management Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic
The entire human community is facing its worst disaster in recent decades which is the Covid19 pandemic. The impact of this epidemic is not only on the health sector but on almost all the socio-economic aspects as well as the natural environment. Amidst the...