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Green Restoration of Polluted Environment

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 4778

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Haibo Li

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Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: ecological remediation of polluted environments; construction of environmental functional materials; environmental effects of new pollutants; environmental toxicology; risk health; farmland soil remediation; compound pollution; environmental materials
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Prof. Dr. Yinghua Li

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Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: principle and technology of sewage eco-treatment; theory and technology of green restoration of polluted environments

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Anthropogenic activities often perturb environments and severely limit their capacity for regeneration. Although numerous important results have been achieved, there are so many key issues concerning restoration/remetiation that still remain unresolved.

This Special Issue, dedicated to enriching knowledge in the field of environmental restoration, will focus on the development and implementation of green strategies geared to reverse the negative environmental impacts of soil, water, and air. The aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge in all branches of pollution remediation/restoration science and engineering.

This Special Issue welcomes submissions of papers addressing any aspects of contaminated environment remediaton/restoration (e.g., water, soil, and mines contaminated by heavy metals, organic matter, and any other pollutants) by green or sustainable technologies. All submitted papers should be related to (but not limited to) bioremediation, electrokinetic remediation, green chemistry restoration, preparation of functional and ECO materials, etc., that possess the characteristics of safety, innocuity, no side-effect, and  low-cost. This Special Issue emphasizes researches in developing fields, as well as papers showing the interaction between environmental disciplines and other disciplines. It provides a platform to exchange and update new insight into the link between green remediation/restoration science and technology, environmental fate, risk assessment, and ecotoxicity. All types of papers that fall within the above research areas are welcome. This Special Issue will be a bridge between environmental scientists and engineers, soil and water scientists, hydrologists, microbiologists, and environmental policy makers.

Prof. Dr. Haibo Li
Prof. Dr. Yinghua Li
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • contaminated environments
  • green remediation
  • restoration
  • environmental fate
  • risk assessment
  • ecotoxicity
  • sustainable development

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Analysis of Human Disturbance Features in Natural Reserves and Empirical Research on Their Restoration: A Case Study of the Huangchulin Nature Reserve in Fujian Province
by Xiaopei Wu, Can Yi, Wenwen Cui, Zhi Zhang, Chen Yan and Xiangcai Xie
Sustainability 2023, 15(3), 2017; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su15032017 - 20 Jan 2023
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Nature reserves are important areas delineated to protect natural resources and the ecological environment. They have various ecological functions, such as protecting biodiversity, conserving water sources, and purifying the atmosphere. However, with the rapid development of the social economy, human disturbance in natural [...] Read more.
Nature reserves are important areas delineated to protect natural resources and the ecological environment. They have various ecological functions, such as protecting biodiversity, conserving water sources, and purifying the atmosphere. However, with the rapid development of the social economy, human disturbance in natural reserves is becoming increasingly pronounced, which has seriously damaged the initial balance of the ecosystem in the reserves. Based on the specific local conditions of the reserve, this study selects four influencing factors that are closely related to human activities, namely, land use, vegetation cover, slope and elevation as the primary evaluation indicators of human disturbance. With the support of an analytic hierarchy process and GIS technology, this study conducts a comprehensive analysis of human disturbance in the Fujian Huangchulin Nature Reserve and proposes corresponding ecological restoration measures for different disturbed areas. The results indicate that the area that is seriously and completely disturbed by human activities is primarily that around the river basin, which accounts for 25.30% of the total area. The lightly disturbed area covers the largest area, followed by the intermediately disturbed area, which accounts for 37.91% and 32.96% of the total area, respectively. The smallest area is slightly disturbed and accounts for only 3.83% of the total area. Based on the comprehensive analytical results of human disturbance and the functional zoning of the natural reserves in China, the Shitan Stream area in the Huangchulin Nature Reserve is selected as the experimental site for ecological restoration. According to the human disturbance in different sectors of the Shitan Stream area and the concept of “Mountain, Water, Forest, Field, Lake and Grass,” the ecological restoration measures of the “Four-tiered Protection System” are proposed in the experiment, which are the river system restoration, brownfield restoration, soil and water conservation, and original ecological protection areas. Natural regeneration and active restoration are then combined to be implemented in different areas, and the ecological problems of brown land pollution, water system cutoff, and soil erosion have been effectively solved, and the plant coverage increased substantially. In summary, this study shows that only by taking social, economic and ecological factors into account and establishing a sound management system can restoration work proceed smoothly and achieve more environmental benefits. Full article
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Distribution, Source and Potential Risk Assessment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Sediments from the Liaohe River Protected Area, China
by Yun Zhang, Chuyuan Wang and Liyu Du
Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 10750; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su131910750 - 28 Sep 2021
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This study aimed to assess the occurrence, distribution, toxicity equivalency and health risks of dl-PCBs (dioxin-like PCBs) from nine sites collected in surface sediments from Liaohe River Protected Area. ∑dl-PCBs concentrations in sediments range from 79.2 to 365.1 pg/g. Sediment profiles showed that [...] Read more.
This study aimed to assess the occurrence, distribution, toxicity equivalency and health risks of dl-PCBs (dioxin-like PCBs) from nine sites collected in surface sediments from Liaohe River Protected Area. ∑dl-PCBs concentrations in sediments range from 79.2 to 365.1 pg/g. Sediment profiles showed that pentachlorobiphenyl is the most abundant congener among all sampling sites. The results of principal component analysis and cluster analysis indicated that PCBs were mainly derived from electronic waste and paint additives in the sediments of Liaohe River Protected Area. Toxic equivalent quantity (TEQ) values of the PCBs in the Liaohe River Protected Area sediments are at comparatively lower levels compared with the previously reported data. Hazardous ratio (HR) for human health risk assessment allied to cancer was found to be lower than the non-carcinogenic risk assessment within an acceptable range. Full article
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