IOSR-JESTFT   Volume-19 ~ Issue-6 ~ June 2025

Abstract: This paper identifies on one hand the availability and adequacy of a Port Reception Facility (PRF) as required by relevant International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations and further evaluates the extent to which those regulations have been implemented in the Nigerian Maritime Sector, on the other. One of the purposes of this paper is to see beyond focusing on the aspects of just defining, reviewing, and discussing the benefits or achievements of PRF......

Keywords: Port Reception Facility; International Maritime Organization; International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) 73/78; Nigerian Maritime Sector

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Abstract: Background: This study aims to understand the importance of the flora of the Félix Houphouét-Boigny University Reserve, located in Angbavia, in the Djékanou department (Côte d'Ivoire), for local populations.
Materials and Methods: Itinerant inventory and surface survey methods were adopted for this study during the collection of floristic data. Subsequently, ethnobotanical surveys were conducted among local populations to understand the importance of species in their daily lives........

Key Word: Protected areas, flora, plant resources, nutrition, pharmacopoeia, populations

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