Solid waste management (SWM) has become a global burning environmental issue influenced by rapid population growth, urbanization, socio-economic development and the consumerism syndrome of the complex society. Zambia, like many other countries, has not been spared from environmental challenges...
Download PDF ↓The principal areas and causes of environmental degradation include land degradation through erosion, land, air and water pollution to mention only but a few. Many of these environmental issues emanate from mining activities in one way or the other. Although these environmental concerns are...
Download PDF ↓It is critical that society be made aware of environmental problems and about the importance of responding to reduce or eliminate those problems. The implementation of environmental management practices represents an important step in the process of limiting negative impacts of environmental...
Download PDF ↓This paper seeks to report on the research undertaken to determine the extent to which environmental sustainability issues had been integrated in the Zambian 2013 science education curriculum at junior secondary school level(grades 8 and 9). The research followed a descriptive survey employing...
Download PDF ↓Weaknesses in Solid Waste Management (SWM) in most urban centers have over the years been attributed to financial and administrative capacity constraints of municipalities, (Roberts, 1996). In some studies perception has been identified as one of the contributing factors (Abrokwah, 1998,...
Like many developing countries, Zambia faces challenges of disappearing intangible cultural heritage such as languages and, therefore, the country’s education system needs to devise deliberate measures to deal with such a challenge. Linked to the disappearing indigenous languages are stories or...
Download PDF ↓Human-animal conflict, particularly human-carnivore conflict, is a growing problem in today’s crowded world, and can have significant impacts on both human and wildlife populations. Despite the application of different management practices, both locally and globally, the problem still exists....
Download PDF ↓This study explored small scale farmers’ awareness of the use of organic agriculture for a sustainable environment in selected farm blocks of Chongwe District. The study was realized through the following objectives; determining the nature of farming systems in Chongwe District, ascertaining...
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