Passion for nature: two nature lovers made a business out of what they enjoy doing. Bee Choo and Morten run an outlet selling books, gifts, and souvenirs. They have gone into nature publishing as well.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NESTLING next to the gushing waterfalls and foliage of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre is a shop specialising in nature books and merchandise. The shop is owned and managed by a husband and wife team, Morten Strange and Ng Bee Choo. As...

Characterization and wash performance analysis of microbial extracellular enzymes from East Calcutta Wetland in India.
INTRODUCTION Currently enzymes have attracted the attention of the world over due to their wide range of industrial applications in many fields including organic synthesis, clinical analysis, pharmaceuticals, detergents, food production and fermentation. Enzymes are gradually replacing the use of harsh chemicals in various industrial processes. Since...

Sensitivity analysis of an optimal access road location in hillyforest area: a GIS approach.
INTRODUCTION There are various models for establishing the efficient forest road alignment and evaluating optimum density of forest roads network for the transport of timber commodity through a combined use of tractor and truck. Most of them are based on the calculation of common timber transport costs...

Geochemistry of sediment in the major estuarine mangrove forest of terengganu region, Malaysia.
INTRODUCTION Mangrove sediments are anaerobic and reduced, as well as being rich in sulphide and organic matter. They therefore favour the retention of water-borne heavy metals (1), (2) and the subsequent oxidation of sulphides between tides allows metal mobilization and bioavailability (3). Many mangrove ecosystems are close...

The integration of network-based models for spill response and homeland security.
INTRODUCTION Many of the streams and rivers in the US are sources for drinking water. Water from these surface sources are processed and distributed through pipelines throughout cities and suburbs. Wastewater is gathered with a second set of pipelines and treated and with the rain waters that...

Effects of fertilization and clipping of Phlomis fruticosa L. on a phryganic ecosystem: the case of Thesprotia, northwest Greece.
INTRODUCTION Plant communities dominated by Phlomis fruticosa L., a semi-deciduous drought-hardy and flammable dwarf shrub of about 150 cm tall (8), are a common vegetation type in western Greece. In Greece, such communities are known as phrygana and they are widespread in areas with long, dry and...

Alteration of the aquifer water in hyperarid climate, by wastewater: cases of groundwater from Ouargla (northern Sahara, Algeria).
INTRODUCTION The pollution affects as well the industrialized countries as those in the process of development. The problem is particularly serious for the countries whose climate is arid. Because of a pronounced hydrous deficit, the concentration of the pollutants in water remains high whereas their capacity of...

Prospects of wind farm development in Algeria.
INTRODUCTION An accurate wind resource assessment is an important and critical factor to be well understood for harnessing the power of the wind. It is well known that an error of 1% in wind speed measurements leads to almost 2% error in energy output. As we know...

Iron uptake and translocation by facultative and obligate wetland plants.
INTRODUCTION Iron contamination exists in liquid waste streams from many industries including: (a) spent pickle and etch baths from plating shops and steel manufacturing (1-3) and (b) acid mine drainage, which is caused by the oxidation and hydrolysis of metal sulphides in water permeable strata or in...

Active fire monitoring with level 1.5 MSG satellite images.
INTRODUCTION The current generation of geostationary METEOSAT (Meteosat Second Generation, MSG) has 12 channels with a horizontal resolution of 3 km at the Sub-Satellite Point SSP and an image scan rate of 15 min. For the MSG, an algorithm for active fire monitoring has been developed (Active...