INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT Volume-9, Issue-1, 2020 ISSN 2091-2854

Announcement

THANK YOU TO OUR 2019 PEER REVIEWERS

The International Journal of Environment is proud to be the 2 stars journal, according to the Journal

Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) framework. This achievement is great and was possible due our excellent publishing practices and standards.

The IJE rests on contributions of our peer reviewers residing worldwide. The peer reviewers of the journal provided their expertise by reviewing manuscripts and contributed significantly to bring the journal at this level. All members of the IJE want to express their gratitude to the 2019 reviewers listed below. We apologize and thanks to the reviewers whose detail did not appear in the list.

Ambika Pandey, Progressive Sustainable Developers , New Baneshwor-31,

Andrea Santos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anita Shrestha, HIMAWANTI, Lalitpur, Nepal

Badri Shrestha, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria

Bhaiya Khanal, Nepal Bio-heritage Forum for Resources Conservation, Kathmandu

Bijesh Mishra, Oklahoma State University, USA

Biju A, Zoology Research Centre, St. Stephen's College, India

Bikram Gautam, St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bishnu Prasad Dhakal, Forest Research and Training Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chhatra Sharma, Central Department of Environmental Science, TU, Nepal

Dejene Beyene L. Areda, Jimma University, Ethiopia

Dhananjay Pandey, School of Biotechnology, Bastar University, Jagdalpur, India

Entessar Al Jbawi, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Syria

Fadi Abbas, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Syria

Faustino L. Orach-Meza, Nkumba University, Uganda International Journal of Environment ISSN 2091-2854 iv | P a g e

Gaurav Shukla, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, India

Govinda Bhandari, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Hari Krishna Shrestha, Nepal Engineering College, Changunarayan, , Nepal

Hari Krishna, Botanical Survey of India, India

Hiren B. Soni, Institute of Science & Technology for Advanced Studies & Research, India

Jaclyn Bandy, Universität Bonn, Germany

Jiban Shrestha, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, Nepal

Jyoti Bhandari, Institute of Forestry, TU, Campus, Nepal

Kebede Nigussie Mekonnen, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

KMA Kendaragama, Department of Agriculture, Sri Lanka

Laila Noor Islam, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Lal Thapa, Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Lok Nath Aryal, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Mohammad Main Uddin, University of Queensland, Australia

Nang Htay Yin, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France

Neetha Punchihewa, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Niranjan Parajuli, Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Offoro N. Kimambo, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Oludoye Oluseye Olalekan, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Patrick S. Michael, PNG University of Technology, Papua New Guinea

Peeyush Gupta, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Sakti, New Delhi, India

R. Gnaneswaran, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Raghu N. Prajapati, Nepal Engineering College, Changunarayan, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Ramesh Pun, University of Bonn Medical Center, Germany

Ramesh Raj Puri, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Australia

Rangari Vinay Ashok, Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, India

Rocky Talchabhadel, Kyoto University, Japan

Roshan Babu Ojha, The University of New England, Australia

Roshan Nepal, Center for Molecular Dynamics - Nepal International Journal of Environment ISSN 2091-2854 v | P a g e

RP Mainali, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Lalitpur, Nepal Saeed S. Albaseer, College of Education, Thamar University, Yemen

Shahzada Adnan, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Pakistan

Smriti Gurung, , Nepal

Srijana Lama, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

T. K. Drissia, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Toya Nath Joshi, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

Ujjawal Kr. S. Kushwaha, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

Umar Zubairu Darma, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Nigeria

Wael El Zerey, Djillali Liabes University, Algeria

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ije.v9i1.27424 Copyright ©2020 IJE This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and is not for commercial purposes

Ambika Pandey , Managing Editor, IJE Email: [email protected] 2nd February 2020

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