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GMT-Greenwich Mean Time
09:00-09:10

Opening Ceremony | Introduction

Keynote09:10-09:35

Title: Realize 100% Renewable Energy in Low-Latitude Pacific Ocean by
Sailing Mega-Solar Raft Project
Takaji Kokusho, Chuo University, Japan

Keynote09:35-10:00

Title: Estimation of atmospheric CO2 amount reduction through adecarbonation method based on seawater electrolysis, aimed to create a
global-scale CO2 capture strategy
Katsuyoshi Tatenuma, Kaken Inc., Japan

Keynote10:00-10:25

Title: A synthesis of aquatic sedimentary heavy metals (Cu, Pb, and Zn) fromthe ASEAN-5 emerging developing countries: The Ecological-Health risk
perspective
Chee Kong Yap, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Refreshment Break 10:25-10:35

Keynote10:35-11:00

Title: Nature-based solutions to mitigate pollutants and climate change
impacts at the Black Sea region
Valasia Iakovoglou, International Hellenic University, Greece

Keynote11:00-11:25

Title: The message from water: Water’s relationship with Hado (vibration)
Michiko Hayashi, Emoto Peace Project, Japan

11:25-11:45

Title: On the discovery of a Roman fortified site in Gafsa, Southern Tunisia,
based on high-resolution X-band satellite radar data
Nabil Bachagha, Central South University, China

11:45-12:05

Title: Theoretical-practical analysis of the risk of floods in the Madeira
Archipelago – The case study of the municipalities of Funchal, Machico,
Ribeira Brava and São Vicente
Sérgio António Neves Lousada, University of Madeira (UMa), Portugal

12:05-12:25

Title: Landslide risk assessment: a balance between nature and humanactivity
Simone Mineo, University of Catania, Italy

12:25-12:45

Title: Cross drill sowing (30x30cm2) with bidirectional improved theperformance and profitability of wheat in heat stress conditions
Iqtidar Hussain, Gomal University, Pakistan

12:45-13:05

Title: The preservation of in vitro collection of sweet potatoes (IPOMOEABATATAS L.) at the Institute of Vegetable and Melons Growing of National
Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine
Anna Mozgovska, Institute of Vegetable and Melons Growing of National
Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Lunch Break 13:05-13:35

13:35-13:55

Title: Gravity and seismic structural modelling of petroleum systems of Kerio
Valley Basin, Kenya
Faith Ndunge Sila, Kenyatta University, Kenya

13:55-14:15

Title: Corn cobs efficiently reduced ammonia volatilization and improved
nutrient value of stored dairy effluentsDavid Nartey Obemah, CSIR-Soil Research Institute, Ghana

14:15-14:35

Title: Disrupting the disruption: A digital learning HeXie ecology model
Na Li, University of Liverpool, UK

Keynote14:35-14:55

Title: Usefulness of tree species as urban health indicators
Bibi Dina, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Keynote14:55-15:15

Title: Working at the demand end to mitiate and adapt to climate change
Joanna Kane-Potaka, SmarterFoods, USARefreshment Break 15:15-15:25

Keynote15:25-15:50

Title: Climate crisis is here: Why can’t society deal with it and how can we?
Alan Betts, Atmospheric Research, USA

Keynote
15:50-16:15

Title: Sustainable fuel: Clean and green hydrogen
Nishant Tiwary, Harvard University, USA

16:15-16:35

Title: Radioecological monitoring of transboundary territories: Problems andtheir solutions
Marina Li, Scientific - research radiological laboratory of the Ministry of Health,
the Republic of Uzbekistan

16:35-16:55

Title: Improving the reliability design of mechanical systems such as
refrigerator
Seongwoo Woo, Ethiopian Technical University, Ethiopia

16:55-17:15

Title: Assessment of a littoral envionment using optical indicators: Case ofGabes cement plant-Tunisia
Khaoula Ben Atia Zrouga, University of Sousse, Tunisia
End of Day 1

DAY 2APRIL 28, 2022

GMT-Greenwich Mean Time
10:00-10:20

Title: Climate change sustainable use of nature resources and high-quality
development
Zhong-Sheng Guo, Northwestern A & F University, China

10:20-10:40

Title: Multi-geodetic techniques detecting land surface deformation through
CMONOC stations in Southwestern China
Shuguang Wu, Naval University of Engineering, China

10:40-11:00

Title: Assessment of patulin in different cultivars of apples, juices, anddistribution in decay portion
Shahzad Zafar Iqbal, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Refreshment Break 11:00-11:10

11:10-11:30

Title: Assessment and monitoring of grassland ecosystems desertification in
Kazakhstan using remote sensing and GIS applications
Yegizbayeva Asset, JSC National Center of Space Research and Technology,
Kazakhstan

11:30-11:50

Title: Afghanistan water resources: Opportunities and threat
Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah, Kabul University, Afghanistan

11:50-12:10

Title: Simulation of urban expansion in Estonia by integrated cellular
automata and agent - Based models
Najmeh Mozaffaree Pour, University of Tartu, Estonia

12:10-12:30

Title: Advanced remote sensing techniques for lithological identification andmineral exploration
Safaa Sayed, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences(NARSS), Egypt

12:30-12:50

Title: Impact of land use/land cover change on hydrological components inurbanizing catchment: A case of Chongwe River catchment, Zambia
Tewodros Tena, The Copperbelt University, Zambia

12:50-13:10

Title: Vulnerability mapping of agriculture to sand and dust storms
Ali Darvishi Boloorani, University of Tehran, Iran

Lunch Break 13:10-13:40

13:40-14:00

Title: Challenges and opportunities of cropping in Haor (Wetland) ecosystem
in Bangladesh
Shoaib J. U, Soil Resource Development Institute, Bangladesh

14:00-14:20

Title: Field-based data collection for monitoring of Hispar Glacier Hunza
Valley Pakistan
Syed Hammad Ali, Glacier Monitoring & Research Center (GMRC), Pakistan

14:20-14:40

Title: Prospective hazard of Glacial Lake outburst flood in the Hindu Kush
Region of Pakistan
Naveed Mustafaf, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Pakistan

14:40-15:00

Title: Biofuels and sustainable future
Sama Rahimi Devin, Shiraz University, Iran
Refreshment Break 15:00-15:10

15:10-15:30

Title: Reveal implication of climate change impacts on precipitations usingpressure change and stochastically downscaled hourly precipitation series
Ziwen Yu, University of Florida IFAS, USA

15:30-15:50

Title: Optimization of chahbani buried diffuser installation for Jemna oasis
suistanibility (North Africa)
Nesrine Zemni, University of Carthage, Tunisia

15:50-16:10

Title: Current status of morphological and molecular biodiversity conservationof wild olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris) from various
sites prospected along northern Algeria
FALEK Wahiba, University of the Mentouri Brothers - Constantine 1, Algeria

16:10-16:30

Title: Transport-related CO2-emissions, the pros and cons of going electricJaap M. Vleugel, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

16:30-16:50

Title: Factors that impact greenhouse gas emissions in Saudi Arabia:
Decomposition analysis using LMDI
Reema Alajmi, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
End of Day 2
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Realize 100% renewable energy
in low-latitude Pacific Ocean bysailing mega-solar raft project

Takaji Kokusho
Chuo University, JapanA

global energy project is proposed in orderto switch future human energy to 100%
renewable by utilizing rich solar energy inthe low-latitude Pacific Ocean as the last naturalenergy frontier. For that goal, a wind-sailing
Mega-Solar-Raft with its ultimate area of 25 km2
is to be developed to generate huge electricity
equivalent to a 1 GW nuclear power station byvast solar modules covering the raft. Solar energy
density 8 kWh/m2, 2~3 times higher than that inmedium latitude countries, is targeted as the MSRs
navigate vast open seas in the low-latitude Pacific
Ocean, where rich sunshine, favorable winds/

waves and almost zero risk of tropical storms areavailable. The generated electricity is transformed
to H2-gas or other chemicals or directly charged tohuge number of standardized battery packagesof electric vehicles and periodically shuttled byships. Three major technological breakthroughsfor the system are flexible solar module integrated
with sail cloths, efficient energy transportationand low-cost rafts. Associated technologies andcosts are estimated, which reveals that the target
cost of solar modules for this energy system
is attainable as well as major technologicalchallenges to realize better feasibility.

https://kokasahi.com/koktak/realize-100-renewable-energy-in-low-latitude-pacific-ocean-282.
BIOGRAPHY
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KOKUSHO, Takaji; PhD (Dr. Eng.), Registered Engineer.
Professor, Emeritus, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, since 2015.
PhD. (Doctor of Engineering) from the University of Tokyo,“Dynamic soil properties and nonlinear seismic response of ground” in 1982.
MS Degree from Duke University USA in 1975.
MS Degree from the University of Tokyo in 1969.
BS Degree from the University of Tokyo in 1967.

Research Topics:
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Dynamic soil properties and their evaluation
Dynamic response of ground
Liquefaction of sand/gravelly fines-containing sands
Earthquake-induced slope failure
Siting technology of energy facilities

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Academic Society Activities:••••

Ishihara Lecturer at 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (Christchurch) (2015)
Chairman of TC4 (Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering), ISSMGE (2005-2009)
Chairman of Organizing Committee of IS-2009 Tokyo by TC4, ISSMGE (2009)
Chairman of Asian Technical Committee No.3 (ATC3-Geotechnology for Natural Hazards) of ISSMGE (1998-2005)

Awards:••••Research paper Award from Japanese Geotechnical Society (2020, 2017, 2014)
Research paper Award from Japan Society for Civil Engineers (2005)
Distinguished Technology Award from Japanese Geotechnical Society (1984)
Research Encouragement Award from Japan Society for Civil Engineers (1980)

Publications in English
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Innovative Earthquake Soil Dynamics (2017): CRC Press, London.
Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering - from Case History to Practiceedited and written (2009): CRC Press, London.
Earthquake Geotechnical Case Histories for Performance-Based Design: edited and written (2009): CRC Press,
London.
Kokusho, T., Emoto, E. and Kato, T. (2013): Sailing solar cell raft project and weather and marine conditions in lowlatitude Pacific Ocean, Journal of Energy Engineering, ASCE, 139(1), 2–7.  

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Estimation of atmospheric CO2 amountreduction through a decarbonation method
based on seawater electrolysis, aimed tocreate a global-scale CO2 capture strategy

Katsuyoshi Tatenuma
Kaken Inc., JapanI

t is well known that global warming is causedby an increase in the concentration of CO2 in theatmosphere. The atmospheric CO2 concentration
dramatically increased in the last 300 years, due
to fossil fuels consumption and deforestation.
From approximately 280 ppm before the startof the industrial revolution, about a 140 ppm
upsurge was estimated. This phenomenon isunderstood to be responsible for a rise in global
temperature, which will lead to glaciers melting
and sea levels rising. Consequently, the research
focused on atmospheric carbon capture andstorage is fundamental for achieving the goals of
the Paris Agreement concerning climate change
mitigation. A primary strategy to face these
problems is to reduce the consumption of fossil
fuels, by introducing, as an example, electricengines and renewable energies. Nevertheless,another essential task is the sequestration of
the existing CO2 excess in the atmosphere andits stable storage. From this point of view, forseveral years the most promising technique was
the geological sequestration through injection
and confinement of liquefied CO2 into selected
deep underground rock formations (such as saline
reservoirs and depleted oil/gas fields). However,
the hazard of potential CO2 leakage is the main
weak point related to this method. A more recent
alternative was the geochemical sequestration,
based on CO2 injection into minerals that may
drive carbonation reactions, producing stablecarbonate rocks and implying a negligible riskof return to the atmosphere. In our opinion,geochemical sequestration can be efficiently
used and optimized by exploiting both seawaterelectrolysis and the oceans’ natural CO2 absorption
feature. Consequently, in our presentation, weshow an estimation of the atmospheric CO2 amountreduction achievable through a decarbonating
method based on seawater electrolysis.

BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Tatenuma Katsuyoshi has been managing Kaken Inc., a research and developmental company in the chemical field, in
Mito Japan, for 40 years over. The favorite R&D fields of Dr. Tatenuma are mainly chemical analysis, nuclear medicine and its
materials, and recently he is developing a new type of disinfectant and environmental purifier materials.
Dr. Spaziani studied Environmental Sciences at the Tuscia University (Viterbo, Italy). From 2004 to 2011 he joined theEnvironmental Chemistry research group of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable
Economic Development) in Roma (Italy). He received his Ph.D. degree in 2010. From mid-2011 to late-2018 he worked inJapan and joined the research group of Kaken Inc. in Mito, where he focused on the development of innovative materials forenvironmental and nuclear-fusion energy applications.
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A synthesis of aquatic sedimentary heavy
metals (Cu, Pb, and Zn) from the ASEAN-5
emerging developing countries: The
ecological-health risk perspective

Chee Kong Yap
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

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he ASEAN-5 countries (Malaysia, Indonesia,
Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam) is an everincreasing major economy developmental
hub in Asia besides having wealthy natural
resources. However, heavy metal (HM) pollution
in the region is of increasing environmental
and public concern. This study compiled theconcentrations of Cu, Pb, and Zn in the aquatic
sediments of the ASEAN-5 countries publishedin the literature from 1981 to February 2021. The
mean values of Cu, Pb, and Zn in aquatic sediments
were elevated and localized in high humanactivity sites and compared to the earth’s upper
continental crust and reference values. All reports(100%) showed the Zn ER values were categorized
as being between ‘low potential ecological risk’and ‘considerable potential ecological risk’. Almost
all Cu ER values (97.7%) also showed similar
ranges of the above two risk categories except fora few reports. Almost all reports (96%) showed Pb
ER values categorized as between ‘low potential
ecological risk’ and ‘moderate potential ecologicalrisk’ except for a few reports. For the ingestionand dermal contact pathways for sediments fromthe ASEAN-5 countries, all non-carcinogenic risk
(NCR) values (HI values 1.0) for Cu, Pb, and Zn
reflected no NCR. The synthesis carried out in thisreview provided the basis for us to consider Cu,
Pb, and Zn as being of localized elevated levels.
This provided evidence for the ASEAN-5 group ofcountries to be considered as being a new socioeconomic corridor. Beyond any reasonable doubt,
an ever-increasing anthropogenic input of HMs
is to be expected to a certain degree. This review
provided the most fundamental useful baseline
data for the future management and sustainable
development of the aquatic ecosystems in theregion.

BIOGRAPHY
Prof. Dr. Chee Kong Yap is working as a full professor in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 2021. Prof Yap is an academician
for more than 18 years in UPM and 23 years as a researcher. Prof Yap has supervised more than 80 undergraduates and
30 postgraduate students in the fields of ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality andecotoxicological genetics. Prof Yap has published more than 325 papers in refereed academic journals, 5 books (three ofthem published in NOVA Science Publishers, USA) and 32 book chapters. As on April 2022, 212 of them have now been
indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus with an H-index of 30 (>2951 citations). Prof Yap has also been invited in honorary as Editorial
Board members for more than 30 international academic journals. Prof Yap has been an invited visiting researcher at National
lnstitute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba (Japan), an invited visiting professor at Nihon University (Japan) and Hokkaido
University (Japan), and an invited visiting researcher at Kobe University (Japan).  .
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Nature-based solutions to mitigate
pollutants and climate change
impacts at the black sea region

Valasia Iakovoglou
International Hellenic University, GreeceClimate change as well as the anthropogenic
activities pose many challenges for the
long-term sustainability of ecosystems andeconomic prosperity. The Black Sea is consideredhighly degraded and polluted. Sparce research has
been conducted on the input of inland pollutants
and litter that derive from rivers and streams that
contaminate those sea waters. The aim of this study
was to identify the major sources of pollutants whilesuggesting nature-based solutions to mitigate theproblem for long-term sustainable management.
Five countries participate in this study; Greece,
Romania, Armenia, Moldova and Turkey. Surface

and stream bank erosion were evaluated at thepilot area of each country. Traditional erosion pin
and runoff plots and newly applied innovativetechnological methods such UAVs and laser
scanning were used to estimate the target highly
eroded areas. These methods will allow to target
the sites that contribute the highest erosion/
litter pollutant levels. In these areas the optimal
nature-based solutions for each country pilot area
will be suggested. The focus is on nature-based
solutions since they are more effective for longterm sustainable management and also can help
mitigate climate change impacts.

BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Valasia Iakovoglou is a distinct graduate of Iowa State University, USA. She has more than 25-yrs of national/international
research and teaching experience as an Ecophysiologist/Silviculture expert in seedling production and Restoration/
Conservation of Ecosystems with emphasis on Biodiversity under the challenges of Climate Change. She has received
numerous scholarships, awards and recognitions. She is an editor of nine international journals and a reviewer in more thanfifteen with one of them being the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She has more than 100 publications(books/book chapters, peer-reviewed scientific articles). She is active in many scientific societies such as the Mediterranean
Experts of Climate and environmental Change (MedECC) as weill as Board Member of associations such as the “Associationof Inter-Balkan Woman’s Cooperation Societies (AIWCS)” of UNESCO Center, where she is responsible for the “Education”
sector. Since 2018, she is the Director of the Ecotourism Sector of the UNESCO chair Con-E-Ect and since 2021 she is theCountry Chair for Farming and AgriTourism, G100 Women of the World.

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The message from water: Water’s
relationship with Hado (Vibration)

Michiko Hayashi
Emoto Peace Project, JapanM

ichiko will talk about the world’s renown
author and water researcher, Dr. Masaru
Emoto’s
groundbreaking
discovery
on water and will show water crystal photos.
Everything is Hado (vibration), and water retains
memory and it transmits information it absorbs.
Vibration is energy, it’s information and it is life.

Words we use, our thoughts, intentions, prayers are
deeply connected to water. They are so powerful
and return to self, thus they affect not only ourhealth but also everything on earth and Mother
Earth itself. Water shows how consciousness is
powerfull through its crystals.

BIOGRAPHY
Global Director and Ambassador of “EMOTO PEACE PROJECT” non profit organization. Researcher of water at Office Masaru
Emoto, LLC. Worked as a personal assistant to Dr. Masaru Emoto for nearly11 years. He was the founder of the EmotoPeace Project, the pioneer of HADO (vibration), researcher of water, and author of world best-seller “The Message from
Water”, “The Hidden Messages in Water”, etc. She is the successor of his legacy. She is one of the authors of anthologies“Womb to Thrive”Love Letters to Water”. She gives lectures on Message from Water all around the world to make the world
a harmonious and peaceful place.

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On the discovery of a roman
fortified site in Gafsa, Southern
Tunisia, based on high-resolution
x-band satellite radar data

Nabil Bachagha and Wenbin Xu
Central South University, ChinaT

he increasing availability of multiplatform,
multiband, very high-resolution (VHR)
satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data
has attracted the attention of a growing numberof scientists and archaeologists. In particular, overthe last two decades, archaeological research has
benefited from SAR development mainly due to its
unique ability to acquire scenes both at night andduring the day and under all weather conditions,its penetration capability, and the provided
polarimetric and interferometric information. This
paper explored the potential of a novel method(nonlocal (NL)-SAR) using TerraSAR-X (TSX) andConstellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean
Basin Observation (COSMO)-SkyMed (CSK) data
to detect buried archaeological remains in steep,rugged terrain. In this investigation, two testsites were selected in southern Tunisia, home tosome of the most valuable and well-preserved
limes from the Roman Empire. To enhance thesubtle signals linked to archaeological features,the speckle noise introduced into SAR databy the environment and SAR system must be
mitigated. Accordingly, the NL-SAR method wasapplied to SAR data pertaining to these two
significant test sites. Overall, the investigation (i)revealed a fortified settlement from the Roman
Empire and (ii) identified an unknown urban area
abandoned during this period via a field survey,
thus successfully confirming the capability of SAR
data to reveal unknown, concealed archaeologicalsites, even in areas with a complex topography.

BIOGRAPHY
Biography Nabil Bachagha has completed his PhD from the University of Chinese Academy of sciencein2020. He is now a
postdoc researcher in the laboratory of volcano & earthquake research at Central South University. He has published over 8
papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been serving as an editorial and reviewer board member.

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Theoretical-practical analysis of the riskof floods in the Madeira Archipelago – Thecase study of the municipalities of Funchal,
Machico, Ribeira Brava and São Vicente

Sérgio António Neves Lousada
University of Madeira, Portugal

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he Madeira island has a history of floods,
it is evident that phenomena previously
considered rare have become increasingly
frequent, driven by global climate change. In
addition to the cyclical aspect of climatic variation
operating on the planet, anthropic actions havecontributed considerably to the aggravationof this problem, especially regarding to floods.
This phenomenon occurs due to the disordered
growth of cities that has caused an increase in theimpermeabilization index of soil, which is the main
responsible for surface runoff and the consequent
flooding of urban centers. Therefore, the present
study intends to carry out a comparative analysis
between the various parameters indicative ofsusceptibility to floods - the hydrographic basinsof four cities, namely: Funchal, Machico, Ribeira

Brava and São Vicente. After that, an analysis of
the downstream flow capacity will also be carriedout, in order to verify the propensity to overflow
according to the expected peak flow rate for therespective hydrographic basins. For this study,
the ArcGIS software, will be used, which allows
to obtain more accurate and reliable values
in comparison with the classic cartographic
methodology. Having verified the inability to drain
the estimated precipitous flow for a return timeof 100 years, a Detention Basin will be designed
to regulate and control the flow. Finally, it is also
intended to address the importance of urban
planning that aims to reduce environmental
impacts and mitigate the destructive effects ofextreme climatic phenomena, in order to reducematerial, human and social losses.

BIOGRAPHY
Sérgio António Neves Lousada holds an International Ph.D. in Civil Engineering - Hydraulics. He teaches at the Universityof Madeira, field of Hydraulics, Environment and Water Resources and Construction. Furthermore, he collaborates with the
VALORIZA - Research Center for the Enhancement of Endogenous Resources, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP),
Portugal; CITUR - Madeira - Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, Madeira, Portugal; and Institute of
Research on Territorial Governance and Inter-Organizational Cooperation, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. Moreover, he holds anInternational Master’s Degree in Ports and Coasts Engineering.

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Landslide risk assessment: A
balance between nature andhuman activity

Simone Mineo
University of Catania, ItalyR

ockfalls are fast and unpredictable landslides,with a high destructive power, acknowledged
among the most studied geomorphic
processes in mountainous areas, where structuresand infrastructures represent common elements
at risk. In this frame, risk assessment is an essential
procedure for mitigation works and territorial
management planning. Numerous approaches
for hazard and risk zonation are available inliterature, and their degree of complexity varies
according to the final purpose of the computation.
Qualitative methodologies allow quick hazard or
risk estimation based on field data and technicalassumptions, while quantitative approaches
involve specific probabilistic computations. In bothcases, the presence of human activity threatenedby rock fall occurrence is the key variable. Thereis indeed a weak balance between nature andhuman presence and its maintenance resultsfrom the knowledge of the factors involved intosuch interaction and on the activity performed
for prevention or mitigation. In this study, twocases are presented with reference to the risk
assessment along a mountainous road and at anatural slope in a cultural heritage site. In bothcases, the methodological approach is based on
the knowledge of the geological setting and rockmass conditions, which were estimated throughfield surveys and laboratory tests. Achieved results
demonstrate that the rock fall risk is strongly
conditioned by the state of activity of instability
features and the presence of human activity
along the main rock fall potential trajectories. This
study allows achieving key information and a risk
level zonation, representing a practical tool for
territorial and disaster risk management purposes.

BIOGRAPHY
Biography Dr. Simone Mineo has completed his PhD in Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences at the age of 30
from Naples University Federico II (Italy). Within a few years, thanks to his intense scientific activity, he obtained the Italianscientific qualification as associate university professor and he is currently a Researcher of Engineering Geology at Catania
University (Italy). He has published over 30 papers in international journals and attended several conferences as speaker andinvited lecturer. He is currently an Editorial Board member of Journal of Mountain Science (Springer) and Guest Editor of aSpecial Issue published on Applied Sciences (MDPI).

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Cross drill sowing (30x30cm2)
with bidirectional improved theperformance and profitability ofwheat in heat stress conditions

Iqtidar Hussain
Gomal University, Pakistan

Sowing method play a significant role ingermination, emergence and establishmentof seedlings in any crop. These Seedlings
convert into number of tillers which finally increase
the plants population in wheat. Better sowing
method of a crop leads to better production by
ensuring seed placement at proper depth andresulting in uniform emergence and crop stand.
Different sowing methods are being used by
farmers according to their wisdom but limited
information is available about the production
potential and economic efficiency of sowing
methods. To evaluate better sowing method forbetter production of wheat and its economic
efficiency under tube well irrigated conditions
was studied through field experiments conductedduring year 2018-19 and 2019-20 at Agronomic
research area, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan,
Pakistan. Five sowing methods such as drill sowing(DS), bed sowing (BS), cross drill (30x30cm2) (CD)and ridge sowing (RS) were evaluated in RCBD

replicated thrice. Data regarding yield and yieldcontributing factors during both years of study
revealed that performance of wheat was better
when sown by DS and CD. DS and CD produced
significantly higher plant population 10.84%
and 9.84%, grains per spike 13.45%, 12.11%,
1000-grain weight 4.96% and 4.53% and grain
yield 11.95% and 11.19% respectively during
2018-19 and 2020-21 than BC. Moreover a strong
correlation of wheat grain yield was observedwith its yield contributing attributes (spikes,
grains and 1000 grain weight). Economic analysis
of different sowing methods during both yearsof study revealed the profitability of DS and CD
as more benefit-cost ratio (BCR) 7.18, 6.54% overBC, respectively was recorded with these sowing
methods. Significant reductions of weeds are also
seen in CD. It was concluded that DS and CD are
suitable methods for better wheat production andprofitability under tube well irrigated conditionsin heat stress areas.

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Dr. Iqtidar Hussain is serving Department of Agronomy as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture Gomal University
since 2014. He did PhD in 37 years from Gomal University in Agronomy (plant sciences). He has substantially improved his
capacity building through meaningful participation as key note speaker/ resource person/ focal person/ organizer in various
training sessions, seminar, conference and workshops at national and internal levels. He got distinction to become members ofMember of Soil Science Society of Pakistan, Weed Science Society of Pakistan, Pakistan Botany Society and Pakistan Allelopathty
Society. He succeeded in publishing 90 research articles in national as well as International repute research journals.
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The preservation of in vitro collection of sweet
potatoes (IPOMOEA BATATAS L.) at the Instituteof Vegetable and Melons Growing of National
Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine
Anna Mozgovska, Tatiana Ivchenko,
Nataliya Bashtan and Tatiana Miroshnichenko
Institute of Vegetable and Melons Growing of National
Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, UkraineSweet potato is a perennial plant [1].
Depending on the variety, plants are fully
used by humans for food [2]. Especially indeveloping countries, the diet includes leaves,young shoots, seeds, root tubers [3]. However,in Ukraine sweet potatoes are grown as anannual plant for root tubers. In the conditionsof the eastern forest-steppe of Ukraine in thelaboratory of biotechnology of the Institute of
Vegetable and Melon NAAS the assessment of
13 samples of sweet potato of domestic andforeign selection has already been carried out.
These samples were stored in in vitro culture on
MS medium, which was modified IOC 0.01 mg/ g, vitamins 1 mg / l, sucrose 30 g/l, agar 6 g/l.
It was found that genotypes differed greatly inbiometric parameters of regenerants. Samples
that are characterized by short shoots (5.1-

5.6 cm): Betty, Purple, Blanca, J-12, Hernandez,
Okinawa; middle stems (6.0-6.5 cm): V-1, V-6,
A-7, Bonita; long stems (6.8-7.3 cm): Orleans, D-2
and Murasaki. The highest leaf density in sweet
potato samples was obtained in the sample
Orleans, D-2, Murasaki (7.1-7.4 pcs/plant), and thelowest in Betty, Purple, Blanca, J-12, Hernandez,
Okinawa (4.0-4.2 pcs/plant). This confirmed thatthe longer the shoot, the more leaves on it. And
this has led to good photosynthesis and will be ahigh resistance to disease in the future. Samples
Betty, Purple, Blanca, J-12, Hernandez, Okinawa
had short roots (score 3), samples V-1, V-6, A-7,
Bonita also had a long root system (score 4), andsamples Orleans, D-2, Murasaki (score 5). In thelatter group, this allowed the regenerants to havethick shoots and green color.

BIOGRAPHY•••

Moulin M.M., Rodrigues R. Collection and Morphological Characterization of Sweetpotato Landraces in North of Riode Janeiro State. Hortic. Bras. 2012. № 30. Р. 286–292.
Escalante-Sánchez E., Rosas-Ramírez D. Aacylated Lipooligosaccharides from the Resin Glycosides of Sweetpotato.
J. Agric. Food Chem. 2008. № 56. Р. 9423–9428.
Huang Y., Chang Y. Effects of Genotype and Treatment on the Antioxidant Activity of Sweetpotato in Taiwan. Food
Chem. 2006. № 98. Р. 529–538.

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Gravity and seismic structuralmodelling of petroleum systems of
Kerio Valley Basin, Kenya

Faith Ndunge Sila
Kenyatta University, Kenya

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erio valley basin is one of the sedimentarybasins in Kenya known to have hydrocarbon
formation potential. Exploration is ongoing in
the area with different geophysical methods being
employed. The existence of such hydrocarbons
developed interest in petroleum system structuresand basin modelling in this research. The researchutilized 2D seismic data and gravity data from
National oil Corporation of Kenya with the aimof determining density variation within thebasin, their characteristics and model petroleum
system structures of Kerio Valley basin. Gravity
data collected in the basin was processed andinterpreted using Golden surfer 8 to provide
information about rock density contrast forming
the sedimentary layers resulting from depositionand compaction of rocks due to pressure as
the basin evolved. Data was uploaded in Euler
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GRAV2DC for forward modelling and the averagedensity contrast values used were 2.2g/cm3,2.5g/
cm3,2.28g/cm3 and 2.6g/cm3 respectively fromthe top to the most bottom stratigraphic layer
formed due to deposition and compaction ofdifferent rocks over a period of time. Seismic
data was interpreted in Petrel software, the value
used for heat flow was 68Mw/m2 and paleo
water depth were and 68m, 112m, 700m, 840m
and 900m as model input. During this period,
the basin passed through tectonic regime andtransformed into a sedimentary basin. I-D model
showed that the source rocks are mature and has
potential to produce hydrocarbon as shown by
vitrinite reflectance. Temperature curves showsthat temperature was maximum during Miocene
volcanics and has been decreasing over a periodof time. Analysis showed that Kerio valley basin isa hydrocarbon potential area since it has a maturedeveloped petroleum system.

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Corn cobs efficiently reduced ammonia
volatilization and improved nutrient
value of stored dairy effluentsDavid Nartey Obemah
CSIR-Soil Research Institute, GhanaD

airy farms produce considerable nutrientrich effluent, which is generally stored before
use as a soil amendment. Unfortunately, aportion of the dairy effluent N can be lost throughvolatilization during open pond storage to theatmosphere. Adding covering materials to effluent
during storage could increase contact with NH4+
and modify effluent pH, reducing NH3 volatilization
and retaining the effluent N as fertilizer for crop
application. Here the mitigation effect of covermaterials on ammonia (NH3) volatilization fromopen stored effluents was measured. A pilot-scale
study was conducted using effluent collected at
the Youran Dairy Farm Company Limited, LuheCounty, Jiangsu, China, from 15 June to 15 August
2019. The study included seven treatments:
control without amendment (Control), 30-mm
× 25-mm corn cob pieces (CC), light expanded
clay aggregate - LECA (CP), lactic acid (LA) andlactic acid plus CC (CCL), CP (CPL) or 20-mm

plastic balls (PBL). The NH3 emission from theControl treatment was 120.1 g Nm−2, which wasincreased by 38.1% in the CP treatment, possibly
due to increased effluent pH. The application of CC
reduced NH3 loss by 69.2%, hereby compared withhanging the Control, possibly due to high physicalresistance, adsorption ofNH4+ and effluent pH
reduction. The lactic acid amendment alone andother materials also reduced NH3 volatilization
by 27.4% and 31.0–46.7%, respectively. After 62
days of storage, effluent N conserved in the CC
and CCL treatments were 21.0% and 22.0% higher
than in the Control (P< 0.05). Our results suggestthat application of corn cob pieces, alone or in
combination with lactic acid, as effluent cover
could effectively mitigate NH3 volatilization andretain N, t the fertilizer value of the stored dairy
effluent and co-applied as a soil amendment after
two months of open storage.

BIOGRAPHYDavid Nartey Obemah completed his PhD at 38 years from the Instittue of Soil Science, University of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Nanjing-China. He is the Research Scientist of CSIR-Soil Researh Institute, Kumasi-Ghana. He has published over 15
papers in reputed journals and serves as an editorial board member.

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Disrupting the disruption: A digitallearning HeXie ecology model

Na Li 1,2, Henk Huijser 3, Youmin Xi 4,
Maria Limniou 1, Xiaojun Zhang 2 andMegan Yih Chyn A. Kek 5
Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, UK
Academy of Future Education, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
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Learning and Teaching Unit, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
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HeXie Management Center, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
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The Institute of International Studies, Australia
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road societal disruptions (i.e., the industrial
revolution, digitalisation, and globalisation)
have created a need for an increasingly
adaptive higher education system in recent
decades. However, the response to these
disruptions by universities has generally been slow.
Most recently, online learning environments have
had to be leveraged by universities to overcome
the difficulties in teaching and learning due to
COVID-19 restrictions. Thus, universities have had
to explore and adopt all potential digital learning
opportunities that are able to keep students andteachers engaged in a short period. This paper
proposes a digital learning HeXie ecology model,
which conceptualises elements and relationships
pertaining to the societal need for a more agileand digitally resilient higher education systemthat is better placed to confront disruptive
events (such as pandemics) and that is able toproduce graduates who are well-equipped to deal
with disruption and uncertainty more broadly.
Specifically, we propose a digital learning ecologythat emphasises the role of self-directed learningand its dynamic interaction between formal,
informal, and lifelong learning across a fivelevel ecosystem: the microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem.
This study contributes to the theoretical literature
related to flexible learning ecologies by adopting
and incorporating the Chinese HeXie concept intosuch ecologies.

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Na Li is an Assistant Professor of Practice within the Educational Development Unit of the Academy of Future Education. Na
has worked in higher education for 10 years and published widely in the field of digital learning ecology and virtual learning
environments. Na serves as the guest editor of Education Sciences and the verified journal reviewer for Interactive Learning
Environments (ILE), Education and Information Technologies (EAIT), and Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET).

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Usefulness of tree species asurban health indicators
Bibi Dina, Lajtos Domonkos, Molnár Vanda
Éva, Tóthmérész Béla and Simon Edina
University of Debrecen, HungaryWe used the Air Pollution Tolerance
Index (APTI), the amount of PM5 andPM10, and the elemental analysis ofleaves to explore the sensitivity of tree species
to air pollution. We assessed the tolerance ofRobinia pseudoacacia, Acer saccharinum, Tilia ×
europaea, Acer platanoides, Fraxinus excelsior,
Betula pendula, Celtis occidentalis, and Platanus
× acerifolia to the amount of dust, APTI, and theelemental concentration of leaves. Leaves werecollected in Debrecen (Hungary), which has ahigh intensity of vehicular traffic. The highest
amount of PM (both PM10 and PM5) was foundon the leaves of A. saccharinum and B. pendula.
Our results demonstrated that A. saccharinum
was moderately tolerant, while P. acerifolia wasintermediate, based on the APTI value. There
was a significant difference in the parameters of
APTI and the elemental concentration of leaves
among species. We found that tree leaves arereliable bioindicators of air pollution in urban
areas. Based on the value of APTI, A. saccharinum
and P. acerifolia, and based on PM, A. saccharinumand B. Pendula are recommended as pollutantaccumulator species, while other studied species
with lower APTI values are useful bioindicatorsof air pollution. The results support landscapeengineers and urban developers in finding thebest tree species that are tolerant to pollution andin using those as proxies of urban environmental
health.

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Dina Bibi has completed her Master’s at the age of 24 years from University of Debrecen. Now she is working in Ecology
Department as a Researcher. She has published 2 papers in journals.

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Working at the demand end to mitiate
and adapt to climate change

Joanna Kane-Potaka
SmarterFoods, USAO

ne key adaptation and mitigation solution
to climate change and building farmer
resilience is changing the demand forsmarter foods. This is finally being recognized andincluded in climate change analyses in the latest
IPPC reports. Shifting to balanced sustainable
healthy diets is one of the seven solutions IPCC
lists for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land
Use (AFOLU) to mitigate climate change. A
recent Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report
showed a massive 71% increase in the number ofsearches for sustainable goods over five years. It
is important that any solutions follow a ‘smarter
foods’ triple bottom line of being healthy for thepeople and planet and good for the farmer. This

triple nexus should be taken into account for any
solution. Driving demand for smarter foods means
also tackling socio-cultural practices. It also not
only requires engaging with consumers but thewhole value chain, e.g. food processors play animportant role in making healhly sustainable
foods tasty and available and there needs to be ashift in investments, research and development,
and government support. Diversifying staples
with smarter foods, in particular can have big
impact given that these foods are typically 70% of
the plate across Asia and Africa and provide themajority of calories. Smarter staples can therefore
make a big impact on climate change, nutritionand health and farmer resilience.

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Joanna is Australian and a marketing specialist, having worked largely in agriculture and food, including with various international
nonprofit organizations in Sri Lanka, Italy, Malaysia, the Philippines and India. She founded the Smart Food initiative which wasselected by USAID and Australia in the top 10 global food innovations.

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Climate crisis is here: Why can’t society
deal with it and how can we?

Alan Betts
Atmospheric Research, USAT

he climate crisis has several distinct parts.
The rapid burning of the fossil fuels is heating
the planet as the greenhouse gases increase(primarily CO2, water vapor and also methane).
Heat is stored mostly in the oceans and reflective
ice and snow are melting, so that winters and thepolar regions are waming the fastest. This is turnis driving rapid climate change on a global scale.
Society has failed to deal with this crisis because
policy is dictated by the rich and powerful andthe corporations that are linked to the fossil fuelempire whose goal is to maximize profit. Websof lies about climate change have been used for
40 years to confuse the public, and politicians
have been bribed (in the USA) to oppose climate
legislation. This misuse of human power is historicand it means most decisions are made without
ethics or wisdom. Scientific research is expected towork within this frame. However a stable climate is
incompatible with business-as-usual, since it treats
the earth system as simply there to be exploited forprofit. The reality is the indigenous understandingof the living Earth system is correct and it really is
the “Truth that will set us free” from the businesslies. I realized fifty years ago that a climate crisis wascoming because no-one accepted responsibility
for the Earth. In parallel with my research I spentdecades exploring and listening to the living Earthuntil I could see some of the historical and present
issues. Since human societies have refused to deal
with the climate crisis, the living Earth system is
now selecting climate modes to deal with ourindustrial society. This is difficult for scientists andsociety to grasp; but we have no choice because
the living Earth system has powers, insights andresponsibilities that are far beyond humanity.

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Alan Betts completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Imperial College, London. He is the director of Atmospheric Research
and a climate advisor to Vermont. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society(AMS), the Royal Meteorological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of
more than 175 reviewed papers in the scientific literature. He was the the AMS Jule Charney Award winner in 2007. In 2016,
Alan Betts was the first recipient of the Bert Bolin Global Environmental Change Award from the American Geophysical  Union.  
Atmospheric Research was established in Vermont in 1979 to understand the Earth’s weather and climate, and to help society
understand the existential challenge of global climate change and how to deal with it.

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Sustainable fuel: Clean andgreen hydrogen

Nishant Tiwary
Harvard University, USA

Clean/Green Hydrogen (CH/GH): In our uphillbattle against climate change, there is an urgent
need to decarbonize sectors by deploying clean
technologies. Hydrogen holds the key to achieving
net-zero emissions as it’s a reliable, light, storable,energy-dense (3x of diesel), comprehensive, andlow/zero-emission fuel in bounty supply. It can
unlock energy transition even in the most criticaland hard-to-decarbonize sectors, including steel,refineries, cement, heavy-duty vehicles, fertilizers,
aviation, and power. Hydrogen’s uses for energy
storage enable “sector coupling” by connecting
distinct energy systems such as heat, power,
industry, and transportation as well as balancing
intermittent supply from renewables. It canmajorly strengthen global energy security foreconomies by reducing financial stress in termsof import bills and providing strategic gain in the
post-Ukraine war world. If all announced industrial
plans are realized, Hydrogen and Hydrogen-based
fuel cells can help meet the supply and demand
gap as the global demand for Hydrogen increases
up to 105 Mt by 2030 (200 Mt in NZE scenario)
and 1318 Mt in 2050. As per International Energy
Agency (IEA) findings, strong demand growth
and adoption of Hydrogen will avoid up to 60 Gt
CO2 emissions during 2021-2050 in NZE Scenario,
averaging 2GT/year, or 16.7 Mt CO2 by 2050 (>0.5
GT/year) as per current trends. As per Barclays, by
2050, the Hydrogen market will grow up to 800
Mt, cut carbon emissions by 15%, and provide
annual revenues of over $1 T. The green Hydrogentransition offers investment opportunities worth$11.7 T by 2050.

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A John F. Kennedy Fellow at Harvard, Nishant Tiwary is passionate about sustainable finance and impact investing to combat
Climate Change. An international speaker, economist, and climate leader at Harvard, he has contributed to the path-breaking
initiatives in Energy Transition, Sustainable Development, Infrastructure Finance, and Climate Action space. Nishant is the authorof Celebrating Bihar Series published by the Oxford University Press in more than a hundred countries.

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Radioecological monitoringof transboundary territories:
Problems and their solutions

Marina Li
Scientific - Research Radiological Laboratory of the
Ministry of Health, The Republic of UzbekistanIn the interaction of human society with nature,along with positive, negative consequences
arise. The negative consequences include
the depletion of non-renewable resources,
undermining the ability of nature to selfregulation. Several radioactive tailings of the
Republic of Kyrgyzstan are located on unstableslopes along the banks of the Mailuu-Suu River,a tributary of the Syr Darya, which is one of
the main waterways of Central Asia, flowing
through the Ferghana Valley of the Republic of
Uzbekistan (where about 8 million people live).
Tailings ponds are located in the zone prone
to landslide, in the zone of increased tectonic
activity with a possible oscillation frequency of
up to 8-9 points on the Richter scale.Landslides
caused by an earthquake can flush radioactive

soil into the waters of the Syr Darya River, which
can lead to radioactive contamination of thewater supply of several million people in the
Kyrgyz Republic and neighboring countries.The
region has a large number of storage facilities
for polymetallic and radioactive ore processing
wastes. There is a constant threat of possible
environmental disasters due to the destructionof storage facilities located in areas with highseismicity and landslide processes.In order toreduce the risk to public health, it is necessary
to constantly monitor the state of the zone ofcontamination with radionuclides, its individual
especially hazardous areas. Control should be
carried out with laboratory tests for the timely
and rapid adoption of measures to protect publichealth.

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Marina Li has completed his PhD at the age of 40 years from Tashkent Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education. She is thehead of Scientific - research radiological laboratory of the Ministry of Health. She has published over 40 papers in reputed journal.
She is co-chair of the regional group on water safety.

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Improving the reliability
design of mechanicalsystems such as refrigerator

Seongwoo Woo
Ethiopian Technical University, EthiopiaTo enhance the lifetime of mechanicalsystem such as automobile, new reliability
methodology – parametric Accelerated Life
Testing (ALT) – suggests to produce the reliability
quantitative(RQ)
specifications—mission
cycle—for identifying the design defects andmodifying them. It incorporates: (1) a parametric
ALT plan formed on system BX lifetime that will
be X percent of the cumulated failure, (2) a load
examination for ALT, (3) a customized parametric
ALTs with the design alternatives, and (4) anassessment if the system design(s) fulfill theobjective BX lifetime. So we suggest a BX life
concept, life-stress (LS) model with a new effort
idea, accelerated factor, and sample size equation.
This new parametric ALT should help an engineer
to discover the missing design parameters ofthe mechanical system influencing reliability
in the design process. As the improper designs
are experimentally identified, the mechanicalsystem can recognize the reliability as computedby the growth in lifetime, LB, and the decreasein failure rate, . Consequently, companies canescape recalls due to the product failures fromthe marketplace. As an experiment instance,
two cases were investigated: 1) problematic
reciprocating compressors in the French-door
refrigerators returned from the marketplaceand 2) the redesign of hinge kit system (HKS)
in a domestic refrigerator. After a customized
parametric ALT, the mechanical systems such ascompressor and HKS with design alternatives
were anticipated to fulfill the lifetime – B1 life 10
years.

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Dr Woo has a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering, and he has obtained PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M.
He majors in energy system such as HVAC and its heat transfer, optimal design and control of refrigerator, reliability designof thermal components, and failure Analysis of thermal components in marketplace using the Non-destructive such as SEM& XRAY. In 1992.03–1997 he worked in Agency for Defense Development, Chinhae, South Korea, where he has researcher incharge of Development of Naval weapon System. He was working as a Senior Reliability Engineer in Refrigerator Division, Digital
Appliance, SAMSUNG Electronics. Now he is working as associate professor in mechanical department, Ethiopian Technical
University.

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Assessment of a littoral envionment
using optical indicators: Case ofGabes cement plant-Tunisia
Khaoula Ben Atia Zrouga 1, 2,
Faiza Khebour Allouche 1, 2,
Afef Ben Amor 3
Horticultural Sciences and Landscape Department, Higher Agronomic Institute of Chott Mariem, University ofSousse, Tunisia
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Lr GREE TEAM (LR17AGR01) INAT, University of Carthage, Tunisia
3Drylands and Oases Cropping Institute of Arid Regions of Mednine, University of Gabes, Tunisia
1A

ir pollution caused by the Gabes cement
plant affects several components of theecosystem, including vegetation and soil. In
order to know the effects of this industry on thesetwo components, essentially on those defining
the environments that surround it, an approachbased on the interpretation of remote sensing
data has been put in place. Six satellite images(OLI and Sentinel 2A) covering a period from1987 to 2020 were used for this purpose. Afteratmospheric and radiometric correction scenes,
different radiometric vegetation and soil indices(NDVI, EVI, ARVI and SI) were calculated according
distances from the factory (6 and 20 km).

Regarding the examination of radiometric indices,most sites close to the cement plant show highlevels of salinity radiometric index but lower
values of vegetation radiometric indices. Then,the spatio-temporal obtained results of different
radiometric indices approved that ARVI varies
spatio-temporally. A reversible spatio-temporaldegradation was noted between 1987 to 2020
with a strong resilience of the plant cover in 2016.
In addition, the cement plant distant sites havethe higher contents of vegetation RIs.

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Khaoula Ben Atia Zrouga has completed here PhD at the age of 32 years from Higher Agronomic Institute of Chott Meriem ofSousse-Tunisia. She has published 2 papers in reputed journals (International Journal of Phytoremediation and Algerian Journalof Engineering and Technology).

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Climate change Sustainable use ofnature resources and high-quality
development

Zhong-Sheng Guo 1, 2
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwestern A & F University, China
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation Chinese Academy of Science, Ministry of
Water Resources, China
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limate change will change plant growthand plant utilization of resources, lead tosoil and vegetation degradation or wasteof natural resources, and affect high-quality
development. In order to solve this problem,
we have conducted theoretical and empiricalresearch on the sustainable utilization and highquality development of natural resources formany years and put forward the concepts ofresources use limit by plant, the natural resources
shortage period, the key period of plant water
relation regulation and vegetation carry capacity.
The results showed that resources use limit byplant is the limit plant use natural resources.,
which includes spatial resources use limit byplant in the regions where are enough soil waterand soil nutrient; soil water resources use limit
by plants in the water-limited regions and soil
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resources shortage period, which is the dayson which natural resources is smaller than the
resources use limit by plant, key period of plantresources relation regulation and vegetation
carry capacity. we have to estimate the resources
use limit by plant, the natural resources shortage
period, the key period of plant water relation
regulation and vegetation carry capacity in thekay period of plant water relation regulation.
when the natural resources shortage period
is more than the key period of plant resources
relation regulation, vegetation carry capacity
in the kay period of plant resources relation
regulation has to be used to regulate plantresources relation and realize the sustainable
use of nature resources and get the maximum
yield and results and to realize Sustainable use ofnature resources and high-quality development.

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Multi-geodetic techniques detecting land
surface deformation through CMONOC
stations in Southwestern China

Shuguang Wu, Houpu Li
and Hua Ouyang
Naval University of Engineering, ChinaThehydrological,
geologicalandmeteorological conditions in southwestern
China are relatively complex, and theland surface deformation also presents various
changing features. In order to deeply explore
the characteristics of surface deformation inSouthwest China and identify regional abnormal
signals, we combine three earth observation
techniques (GPS, GRACE, SLM), to jointly detect
the vertical deformation of the CMONOC stationsin the southwest region. The results show that GPS,GRACE and SLM have strong correlation in theirmonthly displacement series at GPS stations. Afterexcluding the non-clustered stations according to
the clustering results, the correlation coefficientsof GPS/GRACE and GPS/SLM are enhanced.
Also, the RMS reduction rates of the GPS series
increase after the GRACE and SLM series are
deducted. Then we focus on the analysis of thereasons why some GPS stations are not includedin their surrounding clusters, as well as a special
cluster in the Sichuan Basin. This study finds thatthe vertical displacements of the four riverside
GPS stations in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR)
area are obviously negatively correlated with thewater level of the TGR, and the Three Gorges Dam(TGD) has an impact on the consistency of the GPS
annual signals of its upstream and downstream
GPS stations.

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Shuguang Wu has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Wuhan University in 2021. He is a lecture in Naval University ofEngineering. His major is geodesy and surveying engineering, and his study interest is GNSS precise processing and land surface
deformation. He has published over 20 papers in reputed journals.

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Assessment of patulin in different
cultivars of apples, juices, anddistribution in decay portion
Shahzad Zafar Iqbal 1, Mehnaz Akbar 1,
Ahmad Faizal Abdull Razis 2,3, Sunusi Usman 2,
Nada Basheir Ali 3, Muhammad Waqas 1 and
Muhammad Rafique Asi 4
Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Natural Medicines and Products Research Laboratory, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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total of 1480 samples, of which 740
samples of apples (Amri, Gacha, Kala Kulu,
and Golden apples) and 740 samples
of apple juices were analyzed for patulin (PAT)
incidence, using HPLC, which was equipped witha UV detector. About 67.5% and 61.6% samples
of apples and juices were found to be positive
with PAT, respectively. The elevated averagesof 310.8 ± 21.5 µg/kg and 290.8 ± 14.6 µg/kg
in Golden apples and juices were observed,
respectively. The findings have documented that
44.8% of apple samples have levels higher thanthe European Union (EU) permissible limit (i.e., 50µg/kg). Furthermore, 41.0% of samples of apple
juices having the values of PAT higher than the
EU permissible limit. The findings have shownthat a level of 5080 ± 230 µg/kg was found in
the apple Gacha cultivar, which was inoculated
artificially with Penicillium expansum. PAT’s
maximum dietary intake was estimated to be
0.016 and 0.018 µg/ kg/day in males and female
individuals who were found consuming theGolden apple cultivar. The results have shownthat even removing the decayed portion ofapples, a considerable amount of PAT penetrates
juice samples.

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Dr. Shahzad Zafar Iqbal has done Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, in 2011. He
joined Government College University Faisalabad as Assistant Professor in June 2011, however he proceeded for Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Food Safety Research Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia in February 2013. During postdoctoral fellow ship, hehas developed many collaborations (Universität Tübingen, Rutgers University, USA), he spent 2 months has visiting scientist in
Rutgers, USA in June-July 2017. He has more than 65 research publications, 12 book chapters and 2 international books on Foodsafety and food toxins.

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Assessment and monitoring of grassland
ecosystems desertification in Kazakhstanusing remote sensing and GIS applications
Yegizbayeva Asset1, 2 andKoshim Asima2
JSC “National Center of Space Research and Technology”, Kazakhstan
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esertification is a severe concern inthe world’s semi-arid climatic zones,
particularly in Central Asia, hurting the
economy and ecosystems directly. Desertification
process involves several complicated phenomenathat need extensive monitoring and researchbased on interdisciplinary techniques. The maincause of desertification in Kazakistan is water
scarcity, unsustainable agricultural practices,
and animal overgrazing. The stress factors mayvary in different parts of the country and is now
very essential to identify the major threats ofdesertification in different regions. It also needs
to answer the questions of how agriculture cancause land degradation and up to what extent it
can reverse by changing the agricultural practices.
The total area of Kazakstan - is 2 725 000 км², andcountries climate is characterized as temperatecontinental, with cold winter and hot summer.
Kazakhstan is generally composed of plains,
lowlands, a small number of hill mountains, several
inland rivers, and landlocked lakes. The current
study focuses on the evaluation, monitoring, andmapping of land degradation, with an emphasison the growing and decreasing patterns seenin Kazakhstan’s grassland ecosystems. Using
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indices generated from satellite imageries, thedesertification tendency for grasslands was
examined between the years 2000 and 2018
MODIS NDVI Landsat-8, ESA Land use land cover,
250 m resolution. Using modified Mediterranean
desertification and land use methodology(MEDALUS), the extent of desertification has
been divided into five categories: primitive state,
latent state, moderate desertification, medium
desertification, and high-degree desertification.
The above-selected indicators were determinedaccording to the standard framework scheme
DPSIR (Driving force - Pressure - State - Impact Response). According to the study results, a totalof 77 percent of the region has shown drying
patterns, with about 55 percent of this area issomewhat deteriorated, 22 percent undergoingmoderate degradation, and one percent sufferingfrom significant degradation. The obtained resultscorrelated with previous researchers’ outcomes.
The modified model would improve thepreference for desertification processes in large
areas like Kazakhstan. For territories damaged by
the process of desertification, required activities
like land reclamation with the development oftechnologies for landscaping and rational use ofland resources.
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Afghanistan water resources:
Opportunities and threat

Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah
Kabul University, AfghanistanAfghanistan surface water is divided into
five major River basins as, Kabul, Helmand,
Harirud-Murghab, Northern and AmuDarya River Basins. Through the major river
basins, Afghanistan has significant volume
of water resources fed by precipitation in thehigh mountains. Most of the winter’s snow
accumulation in mountains melts in the summer
which contributing to long term storage ofwater resources. FAO estimated the total annual
renewable water potential 75 Billion Cubic
Meters (BMC) of which 57 BMC is surface waterand 18BMC is groundwater. Total hydroelectric
capacity is estimated 23000 Mega Watt (MW),of which 20000 MW is in the north-east on the
Amu Darya basin. The total capacity of solar
electricity is estimated 222000 MW and thecountry’s total wind electric capacity is estimatedapproximately 150000 MW. Also, there huge

geothermal resources for electricity productionin the country. Water resources conservation,
management and energy resources development
are the integral part of economic development
and environmental restoration in Afghanistan.
Since 1960s, climate change impacts have greatlychanged the hydrological condition and land
cover in the main river basins. In this study, water
resources potential and hydropower capacityof Afghanistan is investigated as opportunity;
the climate change impacts on water resources
is investigated as a threat and climate change
mitigation through using renewable energy
resources of the country is proposed asopportunities for sustainable development. In thisstudy, existing historical Hydrometeorological
data and hydropower is used. Solar and windenergy potential are estimated from the reliable
online resources.

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I received my Bachelor in geology from Kabul University, Master in Agriculture, and Ph.D. in hydrogeology from Tokyo University ofAgriculture and Technology. I have one-year post-doctoral research work in the related field in Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology. I worked for two years in CTI Engineering International Company in Japan in field of water resources investigationand development (2010-2012). I have been assistant Prof. and dean of Faculty of Environment at Kabul University and responsiblefor instructing applied hydrology, environmental geology and natural disaster and hazards. I am board member of different
committee in Kabul University and National Environmental Protection Agency.

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Simulation of urban expansionin Estonia by integrated cellular
automata and agent-based models
Najmeh Mozaffaree Pour and Tõnu Oja
University of Tartu, EstoniaFrom 1990 to 2018, built-up areas in Tallinn,
Estonia’s capital city, increased by 25.03%,
while its population decreased by −10.19%.
Investigating the factors affecting urban
expansion and modeling it are critical steps todetect future expansion trends and plan for amore sustainable environment. In recent years,
different models have been used to investigate,
predict, and simulate urban expansion. In thispaper, we coupled the cellular automata, agentbased, and Markov models (CA–Agent model)
in a novel manner to address the complexity ofthe dynamic simulation, generate heterogeneity
in space, define more complicated rules, andemploy the suitability analysis. In the CA–
Agent model, cells are dynamic agents, and themodel’s outcome emerges from cellular agents’interactions over time using the rules of behavior

and their decisions concerning the adjacentneighboring cells and probabilities of spatialchanges. We performed the CA–Agent model run
two times for 2018 and 2030. The first simulated
results were used to validate the performanceof the model. Kappa showed 0.86, indicating a
relatively high model fit, so we conducted thesecond 12-year run up to the year 2030. The results
illustrated that using these model parameters;
the overall built-up areas will reach 175.24 sq. km
with an increase of 30.25% in total from 1990 to
2030. Thus, implementing the CA–Agent modelin the study area illustrated the temporal changesof land conversion and represented the present
spatial planning results requiring regulation ofurban expansion encroachment on agriculturaland forest lands.

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Najmeh Mozaffaree Pour is a Ph.D. student and junior research fellow in Geoinformatics at the University of Tartu. Her academic
background in urban planning and management led her to start a project about spatial data analysis related to urbanization in
Estonia. Besides, she knew strategic planning, analysis, and management of sustainable resources. She is interested in methods,
techniques, and analysis tools in visualizing and simulating urban systems and land use/land cover.

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Advanced remote sensing techniques
for lithological identification andmineral exploration

Safaa Sayed
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space
Sciences (NARSS), Egypt

Advanced image processing techniquesuch as Machine Learning (ML)techniques were designed to recognize
professionally and to detect accurately objects
such as lithology and minerals within remotesensing (RS) data. They provide researchers withstatistical resources to assist predictive analysis
and understanding of data-to-phenomenainteractions under investigation. Large volume
geospatial remote sensing data analysis using
machine learning algorithms give good promise
in geoscience studies field. These geospatial
data are characterized by complex noise anda high grade of similarity and or variability. The
preference of ML techniques and the detailsof how these techniques were used to thecontext of geoscience data. The main goalof the present article is to introduce machinelearning techniques as a means of detecting andemphasizing the spatial spreading of lithologicalunits and mineralized alteration zones were
present. Also, a full comparison of machinelearning techniques has been conducted, forsupervised lithological classification and minerals
exploration applications. In this article, best
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for remote sensing supervised classification using
ML techniques were established for geologicalfeatures extraction/recognition (i.e. lithology,
structure, minerals). By focusing on both datapreparation and integration, the optimization ofboth trained classifiers and segmentation process
as well as accuracy assessment for a geologicalapplication and spatial evaluation of output
results. Various cases of studies in a prospective
region of economic mineralization were analyzed
using several machine learning techniques using
multispectral and hyperspectral technologies. In
addition, comparing the results of pixel-based
and object-based machine learning algorithms
for lithological units’ detection in Wadi Allaqi
area, in South Eastern Desert of Egypt were
established. The proposed Spectral Information
Divergence (SID), Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM),
Random Trees (RT), Bayes, Decision Tree (DT),Support Vector Machine (SVM), and K-Nearest
Neighbor (KNN) supervised classification ML
techniques have been discussed and used toassign the classes of the objects after applying thesegmentation process. The accuracy assessments
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search techniques of all applied ML classifier
results. Mineral identification/mapping using
multispectral and hyperspectral RS technology isa critical, but challenging process for detecting of
undiscovered mineral exploration areas. One of
the aims of this article is to focus on the advanced
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and hyperspectral RS data. The recent image
processing techniques such as ML algorithms,
unmixing techniques (i.e. FCLS and NCLS),
Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) were applied formineral exploration detection of iron ore in ElBaharia depression, Western Desert of Egypt andtalc-copper mineralization in Darhib-Abu Jurdi
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Impact of land use/land cover change
on hydrological components inurbanizing catchment: A case of
Chongwe river catchment, Zambia

Tewodros Tena1, 2
Department of Environmental Engineering, The Copperbelt University, Zambia
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR/GReSP), Germany

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hongwe River Catchment, which covers
an area of about 5168.67 km2, is a subcatchment of the Zambezi River Basin. It
receives a mean annual rainfall of between 800
and 1000 mm. This study assessed the impactof land use land cover (LULC) changes on thecatchment’s hydrological components, suchas runoff/streamflow, evapotranspiration, andwater abstractions. LULC change data, detectedfrom 1984, 1994, 2014, and 2017 USGS Landsat
imagery using a maximum likelihood supervisedclassifier, were integrated into the Water
Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) Model alongwith soil, slope, and hydro-climate data. The
hydrological components and the catchment
water balance were estimated using the WEAP
model. The hydrological balance model used
the average precipitation over 52 years and34 years of streamflow measurement data for
four stations. Due to growing anthropogenic
and socio-economic activities, the catchment
is experiencing changes in land use/land cover(LULC) and its hydrology. The catchment has
faced severe water shortages, particularly
from July to October. The results showed thatbetween 1984 and 2017, urbanization/builtup area increased by 382.77% at 6.97 km2/year,
irrigated agriculture increased by 745.62% at
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1.70 km2/year, rainfed farms/ranch/grassland
increased by 14.67% at 14.53 km2/year, forest
land decreased by 41.11% at 22.33 km2/year,
and water bodies decreased by 73.95% at 0.87
km2/year. Streamflow increased at 0.13 Mm3 perannum in the wet seasons and showed a highvariation with a flow volume of 79.68 Mm3 in
February and 1.01 Mm3 in September. Annual
actual evapotranspiration decreased from 840.6
mm to 796.3 mm, while annual water abstraction
increased from 8.94 mm to 23.2 mm from 1984
to 2017. The pattern of LULC change between
1984 and 2017 has negatively impacted thehydrology of the Chongwe River Catchment.
Urbanization has made a disproportionately
substantial contribution to the LULC change
and impact on the surface runoff, indicating that
intensive anthropogenic activities exacerbate
to alter the hydrological characteristics of thecatchment. From these findings, an integrated
catchment management and protection
approach is proposed to mitigate the negative
impacts of LULC dynamics on hydrologicalcomponents in the Chongwe River Catchment.
These results provide essential information forland-use planners and water managers towards
sustainable and equitable management oflimited earth resources.
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Tewodros Mitiku Tena (Ph.D.) has completed his Ph.D. from the Copper belt University. He is working as Senior Water Resources
Management and Development Specialist at Groundwater Resources Management Project under the Federal Institute forGeosciences and Natural Resources (BGR). He has more than 20 years of development, academic, and research experience inwater resources, environment, and natural resources management. He has published over 16 papers in reputed journals.

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Vulnerability mapping of agriculture
to sand and dust storms
Ali Darvishi Boloorani, Masoud Soleimani,
Mohsen Bakhtiari, Najmeh Neysani
Samany, Ramin Papi and Saham Mirzaei
University of Tehran, IranS

and and Dust Storms (SDS), as a global
environmental crisis, occur under a wide
range of circumstances in agricultural lands.
This phenomenon arises from the interactionof natural drivers, such as climate change anddrought, and anthropogenic factors, suchas mismanagement of water, soil, and plantresources. SDS vulnerability can be implemented
in four main domains of an area (from local to
global scale) including human health, socioeconomic, environment, and agro-ecology. In
this study, the proposed methodology for SDS
vulnerability assessment is for agriculture that is
carried out using three components of sensitivity,
capacity, and exposure. Assessment/mappingof these components is performed using
measurable indicators, each of them represents anenvironmental variable. Accordingly, indicatorsof Air temperature, Soil moisture, Soil organiccarbon (SOC), Precipitation, Palmer drought
severity index (PDSI), Livestock grazing index(LGI), Land degradability index (LDI), Fractional
vegetation cover (FVC), Rural health center (RHC),
Rural health house (RHH), Literacy rate (LR), andActive population (15>age>65) are developed
to address the concept of SDS vulnerability
in agriculture. The proposed methodology ismainly focused on the long-term circumstances
which cause vulnerability of agriculture to
SDS. Therefore, the proposed SDS vulnerability
methodology is developed in a comprehensive
manner that covers the spatial-temporal patternof vegetation, soil erosion status, hydroclimatecharacteristics, and human roles.

BIOGRAPHYAli Darvishi Boloorani has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, Faculty of Geography, theUniversity of Tehran since 2009. He was a Senior Researcher (2019-2021) in the Key Laboratory of Digital Land and Resources,
East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. Ali completed his Ph.D. in environmental geoinformatics at the
University of Gottingen, Germany in 2008. Ali is currently working with the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) on a project
named “Catalysing investments and actions to enhance resilience against Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) in agriculture. He has
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Challenges and opportunities ofcropping in Haor (Wetland) ecosystem
in Bangladesh

Shoaib J. U

Soil Resource Development Institute, BangladeshHaors are bowl-shaped depressions ofconsiderable aerial extent lying between
the natural levees of rivers in the northeast
region of Bangladesh. In most cases, Haors haveformed as a result of peripheral faulting leading
to the depression. It is a concave landscape withirregular relief. There are 373 Haors spread overSylhet, Sunamganj, Moulavi Bazar, Habiganj,
Netrokona, Kishoreganj, Brammanbaria districts
in Bangladesh (CEGIS, 2012). The haor area covers
0.9 mha of 2.0 mha of these districts. There are
four major Haor based livelihood groups, viz.
agricultural, fisherman, boatman and aquaticplants have been identified and they are fully
dependent on the Haor ecosystem services.
There are 0.71 m ha cultivable lands, produce 5.25
m ton paddy/yr approx. 3% agricultural productof GDP (BHWDB, 2012-CEGIS,2012). About 12.92
million people directly or indirectly lives in thisarea (BBS-2017). During winter, these haors
became a vast stretch of green lands covered byvegetables on higher levees and winter rice-Oryza
sativa (Boro- mostly MV/Hybrid) in lower parts.
Farmers are used to harvest 5-6.5 ton/ha (Islam,2011) In monsoon Haors receive surface runoff
water as flash flood from upper riparian (fromIndia) in rivers, canals and basins to become vast
stretches of turbulent water and causes damage
to standing rice- Oryza sativa (Boro- winter rice) if
it comes in early April and also causes substantial
damage to homesteads in July to September. At
that time, it turns into a vast inland sea within
which the villages appear as islands. However,they all but dry up in the post-monsoon period.
Haor receives 2000 to 3000mm rainfall annually.
But the Haor near to homesteads and urban havetrend of pollution by the domestic and urban
waste. To get the services of the Haor in context
of present flash flood, land use shifting may be
the best options to ensure food security of theHaor peoples from flash flood hazard and getting
benefit from the haor ecosystem.

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Jalal Uddin Md. Shoaib, former Chief Scientific Officer, Soil Resource Development Institute, Ministry of Agriculture; Former
Country Director, UNCCD-TSP; Former Project Coordinator SLM project Department of Environment (DoE), Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change.

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Field-based data collection formonitoring of Hispar Glacier Hunza
Valley Pakistan

Syed Hammad Ali
Glacier Monitoring & Research Center (GMRC), PakistanT

he Indus River is the backbone of Pakistan’s
irrigation and Hydropower generation
which draws a major part of its flow fromsnow and glacier melt. Glaciers in the Karakoram
region are important climate indicators, impact
on downstream water availability and potentiallyinfluence natural hazards in Pakistan. However,field-based glacier measurements are inadequate,
especially in remote high mountain of Karakoram
Range which are essential to understand glacial
dynamics and processes and to assess possible risks.
In situ measurements are one of the key methods
for improving the understanding of climate-glacierinteractions and enable ground truthing and canbe used for calibrating both remotely-sensed
information and modelled output. Karakoram region
experience repeated cloud cover all through themonsoon and seasonal snow cover make it hard to
get appropriate freely available satellite imagery forsmall-scale applications. In addition, the very steep
mountainous terrain reduces data accuracy andmountains frequently obscure parts of the area ofinterest. Thus ground-based information is necessary
to georectify satellite images and verifies data. This
paper presents a description of the In-situ monitoring(i.e. Snout survey, ablation, velocity, density, anddischarge measurements and impact of debris type& thickness on the melting of glacier) carried out on
Hispar Glacier during the field season 2021. Surface
movement of the glacier was monitored during thestudy period on the installed stakes profiles. Using a
distance-weighted average method surface velocity
is calculated. The stake wise net ablation ranges from51cm to 375cm. This study is important for policy
makers, planners, and industry to estimate, and adapt
to, downstream water availability, for hydropower
plants, irrigation, and drinking water and also
important to raise awareness about and sensitize
local people to the changes in the glaciers that feed
their rivers. Climate change is a worldwide concern
with high relevance for the international community,and consideration should be paid consequently toproviding financial and practical support for glacierin situ measurements in this region.

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Syed Hammad Ali is working as Glaciologist in the Glacier Monitoring Research Centre (GMRC), Water and Power Development Authority(WAPDA) Pakistan. He has an asset of having M.Sc in Environmental Sciences from Punjab University, Pakistan and M.S by Research in
Glaciology from Kathmandu University, Nepal. He is involved in several research and field activities in the glaciers of Karakoram Range
in Pakistan. He also travelled to Suyok Zpapadniy Glacier, in Kyrgyzstan and Lirung Glacier in Nepal for the Mass Balance Measurements
and Analysis with World Glacier Monitoring Services (WGMS) and Kathmandu University, Nepal. He also participated as a reviewer in
the Intergovernmental Penal on Climate Change (IPCC) and Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) group review of theSecond Order Draft of the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) 2018. He is an author of several
articles and research papers published in National & International Journals. He holds the citizenship of Pakistan.
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Prospective hazard of glacial lake
outburst flood in the Hindu Kush
region of Pakistan

Naveed Mustafaf
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, PakistanT

he receding behaviour of glaciers perceived
in most of the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–
Himalaya (HKH) region has given rise to thedevelopment and enlargement of several glaciallakes in the region. The expansion of lakes underchanging climate generally postures high risk ofglacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) hazard for thedownstream mountainous communities. In thisstudy, the threat of glacial lake outburst flood wasprobed in in the Hindu Kush region of Pakistan
using LANDSAT-8 OLI (Operational Land Imager)
image data of 2013 period coupled with groundinformation. The results of present study revealed
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The lakes exhibited an overall increase of about
26% in number and 7% in area in the region
during 2001–2013 periods. The increase in lakenumber was 91% within 2500–3500 m, 20%
within 3500–4500 m and 31% within 4500–5500m elevation range. Among total identified lakes
during 2013, 36 were characterized as potentially
dangerous glacial lakes (PDGLs) that can pose
GLOF hazard in the HKH region. A regularmonitoring of Cryosphere changes and criticalglacial lakes is essential to develop sustainablerisk management strategies for this region in
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Biofuels and sustainable future

Sama Rahimi Devin
Shiraz University, IranG

lobal energy demand is growing rapidly
due to declining fossil fuels, continued
global population growth and an industrial
economy. Increasing consumption of imported
oil can lead to turmoil in economic growth.
Given the growing demand for petroleum fuels
and the consequent impact of global warming,the development of alternative energy is a toppriority in research and developments sector.
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alternative energy source that has been acceptedin various sectors including public policy, industry
and government. Biofuels are mainly composedof wood, vegetable oils, forest products,
agricultural products, agricultural residues ormunicipal waste, pet waste and aquatic plants.
In this study, we summarize the different typesof biofuels, production and applications from anecological perspective.

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Reveal implication of climate change
impacts on precipitations using pressurechange and stochastically downscaled
hourly precipitation series
Ziwen Yu, Chi Zhang, Songzi Wu, Franco
Montalto, Stefan Jacobson, Upmanu Lall,
Daniel Bader and Radley Horton
University of Florida IFAS, USAP

hysically, the formation of precipitation
is a result of ascending air which reduces
air pressure and condenses moisture intodrops, either by irregular terrain or atmosphericphenomena (e.g., via frontal lifting). Instead ofusing statistics-based methods for investigatingclimate change impacts on precipitation, in
this paper, pressure change events (PCEs) will
be used as a physical indicator of the stabilityof atmospheric systems to reveal the impact oftemperature on precipitation in the tropical areasof Florida and in NE US. PCE based analysis will
be conducted for data in both regions to indicate
the relationship between temperature andprecipitation. The data from NE US will be appliedin a stochastic precipitation generators (SPGs) built
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by average monthly temperature (AMT)
projection from Global Climate Models (GCMs)
that have higher-confidence than precipitationin these models. The synthetic series depicts
the trend of precipitation under climate change,
especially for extreme events. With a 100-year,
continuous, synthetic hourly precipitation series
using GCM AMT projections for the Northeast US,
the Clausius–Clapeyron (CC) relationship can begenerally embodied, but more so for high intensity
PCE. The amplification of extreme precipitation
events varies for a given temperature dependingon the PCE type. For decreasing PCE, extreme
precipitation intensification starts at AMT of 22°C
and at 12°C for increasing PCE. Our approach
may provide more physically plausible weather
ensembles for numerous applications involving
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Optimization of chahbani buried
diffuser installation for Jemna Oasis
suistanibility (North Africa)

Nesrine Zemni 1, Fethi Bouksila 1,
Fairouz Slama 2 and Rachida Bouhlila 2
University of Carthage, National Institute for Research in Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry (INRGREF), Tunisia
University of Tunis El Manar, National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT), 2LR99ES19 Laboratory of Modelling in
Hydraulics and Environment (LMHE), Tunisia
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n arid areas, the irrational irrigation withbrakish water could have a negative impact not
only in economic terms, but also in terms ofglobal health and environmental damage. Microirrigation appears to be a guarantee of economic,
environmental and social sustainability in many
irrigated areas in the world. However, inadequate
design of this irrigation system reduce thewater efficiency and in some cases lead to soil
salinization.In this context, an assessment of
an innovative subsurface irrigation system wasconducted in Saharan Tunisian Jemna oasis
to determin its optimum installation design
regarding soil salinization and crop yield. Field
investigations were conducted during two
crop years (2018, 2019). Dielectric sensors
were installed at six soil depths until 1.20 m
for soil water moisture (θ) and pore electricalconductivity (ECp) real time monitoring. The
HYDRUS (2D/3D) numerical model was calibrated
then applied to investigate four different buried
diffuser optimization (opt) positions from thetrunk of the palm tree (X) and soil depths (Z) on
root water uptake, relative yield production (Yr)and soil salinity distribution. According to buried
diffuser position scenarios, installation of theburied diffuser at the canopy of the date palm
T1opt (X=1.5 m) as used in the region, showed
the least Yr (37%). However, for the same lateral
distance, X=0.5m, the Yr was equal to 54 % and71%, for T2Opt (Z=0.3 m) and T4Opt (Z=0.6 m),
respectively. According to simulation results, allposition scenarios showed salt accumulation on
the top soil layers and supplemental leaching
using surface irrigation is thus recommended.

BIOGRAPHY
Nesrine Zemni is a Hydraulic engineer graduated from the National Agronomic Institute of Tunis (INAT), 2013. She holds a
master in modelling in hydraulics and the environment from National Engineers School of Tunis (ENIT), 2015. She obtained
her PhD in hydraulic engineering from ENIT. Her research fields are numerical modelling of water flow and solute transportin porous media, soil salinity, smart irrigation, TDR and FDR technique.

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Current status of morphological and molecularbiodiversity conservation of wild olive (Olea
europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris) fromvarious sites prospected along northern Algeria

FALEK Wahiba

University of the Mentouri Brothers - Constantine 1, Algeria

T

he Mediterranean wild olive tree (Olea
europaea subsp. europaea var. sylvestris) is
economically and ecologically important.
The effects of human activities can lead to genetic
erosion of its genetic heritage, which has greatvalue for the conservation of biological diversity
in natural environments. In this study, a large
number of wild olives (179) were collected along
an altitudinal gradient climatic from Western toEast Algeria. Intra- and interspecific diversity
and phylogenetic affinities were analysed by
25 morphological characters and sixteen SSRs
markers were selected. Phylomorphologicalresults revealed a high level of diversity including
three morphological pools. These pools are
the most discriminating for differentiation
accessions. The polymorphic of 16 SSRs were
evaluated through the values of the genetic
diversity indices. Genetic structure by the

Bayesian group revealed K=2, the first genetic
pool (Gp1) includes 78 genotypes collected in
the northwest of the country. Second genetic
pool (Gp2) contains 86 genotypes mainlycollected in North-East Algeria. For K= 3, Gp2
revealed Gp2.1 of the northeast coast genotypes
and Gp2.2 includes the genotypes of the interiormountainous regions. AMOVA revealed most of
the molecular variance within the population(85%). Indeed, the geographical origin and thetype of climate are the main factors determining
the population structure of the local oleaster,thus becoming crucial in addressing futurechallenges posed by climate change. A deeper
understanding of the genetic basis of resistancein the genetic material of the wild olive tree could
improve the performance of cultivars throughthe implementation of olive breeding programs.

BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Wahiba FALEK defended his PhD in Biotechnology thesis from National School of Biotechnology Constantine Algeria in
January 2022. She is the licensee teacher and researcher at Institute of Nutrition, Food and Agro-Food Technologies (INATAA),
University of the Mentouri Brothers Constantine1 since 2013. she is co-author in two new international publications.
(https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wahiba-Falek-3,  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6132-5250)

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Transport-related CO2-emissions, thepros and cons of going electricJaap M. Vleugel

Delft University of Technology, the NetherlandsTransport is responsible for about one
quarter of global CO2-emissions. It is alsoa main source of local air pollution. There
are two main ways to reduce these emission: Viatechnology and behaviour. With respect to thefirst, for decades attention was focussed on fuelefficiency and emission control (by catalyzers).
While progress was made in this area, changes
in behaviour – reduce mileage and transport
goods more efficiently – turned out to be much
more difficult to achieve. Demand for transport
keeps rising due to a growing (world) population,

increasing demand for goods and purchasing
power. As a consequence, the growth in demandtends to outpace the technical advancements
made. Climate change has led to a new directionin the technical field: Emission reduction byintroducing electric vehicles in passenger andfreight transport. The presention is meant toexpose the challenges and possible social,economic and technical side-effects of electrifying
mobility. It finishes with recommendations for
decision-making.

BIOGRAPHY
Jaap Vleugel graduated as a general economist and subsequently worked for eight years as a micro- economic researcher
at Free University Amsterdam. He wrote a PhD about transport and land use scenarios. For the past two decades hewas employed at Delft University of Technology, first as senior researcher, then he gradually became senior lecturer andcoordinator of bachelor, master and PDEng courses. His students carry out  many projects for business and governments
involved with transport and logistics. He regularly publishes about his work and has been serving as reviewer for many
journals as well as editorial board member.

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Factors that impact greenhousegas emissions in Saudi Arabia:
Decomposition analysis using LMDI

Reema Alajmi

King Saud University, Saudi ArabiaOver the past three decades, Saudi Arabia’s
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions haveincreased sharply. This study exposes
the factors that affect GHG emissions in nine
sectors via the logarithmic mean Divisia index(LMDI) method for 1990 to 2016. The analysis
demonstrates that the energy effect was a leading
factor increasing greenhouse gas emissions,at 386.76 million tonnes of carbon dioxideequivalent (MTCO2e). Activity and population
effects also contributed to the increase inemissions at 339.56 (MTCO2e) and 267.38(MTCO2e), respectively, but the energy effect was
greater than the other effects. Results reveal that

activity, energy and population effects are greaterin the electricity sector than the transport sector.
The electricity sector increased greenhouse gas
emissions by 4298.05 (MTCO2e) and transport,
2243.63 (MTCO2e). Therefore, policymakers
need to consider climate change when they aredeveloping economic growth plans to achievesustainable development. This may be done
through adopting a new policy to transfer fromtraditional sources to renewable energy sources
or focusing on raising energy efficiency andchanging energy structure to impact the growthof greenhouse gas emissions.

BIOGRAPHY
Reema has completed her PhD in 2018 from Swansea University School of Management. She is the assisstant proferssor,
at King Saud Unversity. She has published 6 papers some in reputed journals and published a book. Also, she peer reviewed
for some papers in reputed journals.
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Alan Betts

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44
21
25
13
23
22
51
20
52
26
12
31
29
15
24
17
39
47

Nesrine Zemni

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28
38
53
40
48
30
18
36
45
35
19
46
10
42
14
37
34
49

Ali Darvishi Boloorani
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Bibi Dina
Chee Kong Yap
David Nartey Obemah
Faith Ndunge Sila
FALEK Wahiba
Iqtidar Hussain
Jaap M. Vleugel
Joanna Kane-Potaka
Katsuyoshi Tatenuma
Khaoula Ben Atia
ZrougaMarina Li
Michiko Hayashi
Na Li
Nabil Bachagha
Najmeh Mozaffaree Pourand Tõnu Oja
Naveed Mustafaf
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Shoaib J. U
Shuguang Wu
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