Marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide a range of ecological benefits. Frameworks—including the IUCN protected area categories and The MPA Guide—offer tools towards evaluating an MPA’s objectives, types, Level of Protection, and potential effectiveness. However, the majority of MPAs exist in ...
An eco-friendly hotel is defined as a hotel actively operated by hotel operators in implementing programs to protect people and the planet as well as contributing to economic benefits by saving water and energy and reducing the amount of waste [38]. It can also be defined as an active ...
The CCME-WQI has become the most popular index, which has been used for all kinds of water bodies. Compared to other water quality indices, CCME-WQI has many benefits, such as the fact that it can be used with anywhere from only four to a vast number of water parameters, it is ...
However, the use of water has also led communities around the world to establish an intimate link with it and its benefits. Rivers, lakes and seas have become an integral part of human life and to confirm this deep relationship, stories, traditions and rituals emerged [12,18]. For example...