Juniper Publishers Ecology Open Access Journals

  Juniper Publishers - Open Access Journal of Ecology Opinion Ecological conservation often stresses the limited capacity in the world we live in, and that the way to sustain our future is to conserve now. Innovation, on the other hand, stresses different (new) usages of existing resources. The two views often clash, not able to seek a compromise. As an example, at the Fifteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability earlier this year, my joint paper on “Digitizing Refugee Camps: Promotion of Mobile Communication for Charter Governance” was criticized for not being “environmental”, that a promotion of mobile communication for refugee camps will contribute to the problem of waste generated by mobile phones, adding to the recycling challenges on-going worldwide. The commentator advocated conservation, with emphasis on indigenous life in N. America. This sentiment echoes a conservation bill recently passed in the US House...

  Juniper Publishers - Open Access Journal of Ecology Introduction Wetland variation appraisal is a component that covers land use change overtime. This requires an in –depth analysis in terms of the spatial coverage at a given time [1]. Land use/ land cover change is one of the major challenges that impacts on the natural landscape. It is also the primary driving force of global environmental change, and significant to sustainable development debate [2]. Causes and consequences of land use change at the physical and social surroundings have been an area for research over a decade [3] (Victor et al., 2011). These consist of its effect on wetland/water quality, land and air resources, surroundings, ecosystem processes and function, and weather change [2] biodiversity [4], soil degradation [5] and the potential of natural systems to support existence [6]. Some of the contemporary studies to identify, display or monitor wetlands and their modifications with remote sensing...

  Juniper Publishers - Open Access Journal of Ecology Introduction Iran is considered among arid and semi-arid areas in the global climatic zonation [1]. Evidence from historic climatological data as well as forecasts of Iran’s climatic conditions, as elsewhere worldwide, indicate incidence of climate change in recent decades with an ongoing trend in the future. One of the consequences of climate change is the occurrence of drought in the region. Harmsen et al. [2] measured the temperature and precipitation data in Puerto Rico using the DOE / NCR PCM general circulation model under the three scenarios A1, B1, and A2. They believed that the in the rainfall season, it would be humid while it is projected to be dry in the dry season. They also showed that evapotranspiration would also increase in dry days by reducing rainfall and increasing the temperature. Alipour et al. [3], in three central provinces of Iran, using 30-year precipitation data at 20 weather stations, ...