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{"title":"Brazil on fire: Igniting awareness of the 2024 wildfire crisis.","authors":"Rodrigo Béllo Carvalho, Imma Oliveras Menor, Isabel Belloni Schmidt, Christian Niel Berlinck, Luísa Genes, Rodolfo Dirzo","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126190","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2024, South America faced an unprecedented wildfire crisis, with Brazil among the hardest-hit countries. Home to globally significant biomes like the Amazon, Pantanal, Cerrado, and Atlantic Forest, Brazil's ecosystems are undergoing massive destruction. Despite the severity of the 2024 wildfires-surpassing even the internationally scrutinized 2020 wildfires-the current disaster remains underreported internationally. Here, we seek to raise global awareness and advocate for immediate, collaborative action to mitigate Brazil's escalating wildfire emergency. We examined the scope, ecological impact, and socioeconomic consequences of the 2024 fires in Brazil, highlighting record-breaking areas burned and widespread wildfire foci. These wildfires are devastating biodiversity, endangering public health, and intensifying environmental injustices across the country. Our analysis reveals a significant relationship between deforestation and wildfire incidence the following year. Smoke pollution reached hazardous levels, impacting urban populations and disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. Key drivers of this crisis include unsustainable land-use practices, extreme climate conditions, and governance failures, with response efforts hindered by underfunded environmental agencies. This situation underscores the urgent need for stronger enforcement of environmental policies, rapid allocation of emergency resources, and the implementation of Brazil's Integrated Fire Management (IFM) programs across federal, state, and private lands. We call for sustained international support, directly targeted at Brazilian agencies, to bolster fire prevention, response, and ecosystem resilience. Protecting Brazil's biomes is a global priority, requiring consistent advocacy and action that transcends political shifts.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126190"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144293126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital PCR-based assessment of pathogens in wastewater and antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.","authors":"Niva Sthapit, Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Sunayana Raya, Jeevan B Sherchand, Eiji Haramoto","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126120","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) is a significant advancement in health-related water microbiology, enabling absolute quantification without standard curves. By partitioning samples into thousands of individual reactions, dPCR allows for precise quantification even in the presence of inhibitory substances common in environmental samples. This study evaluated the applicability of dPCR to detect gastroenteritis-causing enteropathogens (Salmonella spp., Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium perfringens, JC and BK polyomaviruses, and human adenovirus), crAssphage, and four antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) (sul1, bla_NDM-1, bla_CTX-M, and intI1) in wastewater and drinking water source samples. Wastewater samples were collected in 2018 from two municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that used an oxidation ditch system (n = 12) and a stabilization pond system (n = 10) in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, whereas the drinking water source samples were collected from shallow wells between 2015 and 2016 (n = 22). The enteropathogens and ARGs were analyzed using the QIAcuity dPCR System. The highest detection ratio was observed by crAssphage in wastewater (100 %, 22/22) and by sul1 and intl1 in drinking water sources (91 %, 20/22). The log₁₀ reduction values evaluated in both WWTPs were <1 using dPCR, consistent with those obtained in previous quantitative PCR studies, and may be used to cross-validate between methods. However, this study also observed low detection ratios and concentrations of enteropathogens, likely due to factors such as low sample volumes, dead volume, thermal conditions, and the dPCR platform used. Thus, optimizing these variables is imperative to enhance the applicability of dPCR in environmental assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126120"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144293130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Litter percolate nitrogen promotes saprophytic and mycorrhizal fungi to contribute more soil carbon in mixed Masson pine plantations.","authors":"Yaoxiong Wang, Yunchao Zhou, Mei Fan, Fenghua Tang, Yuexiong Mao, Yang Peng, Mao Wen, Jian Feng, Haiyang Guan, Yunxing Bai","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126180","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The carbon contribution of soil fungi in mixed forests is considerably influenced by variations in litter nutrients, but the comprehension of this impact is fraught with discrepancies and ambiguities. Furthermore, litter percolate, a vital way in which litter nutrients impact soil, has gotten less attention. These considerably limit our understanding of fungi's roles in carbon storage in mixed forests. In this study, ingrowth cores were buried, and litter percolate collection buckets were placed in pure and mixed plantations. To determine how introducing tree species changed litter percolate and how litter percolate affected the carbon accumulation in various types of fungi, we measured and examined soil and litter percolate samples. The results showed that in the mixed Masson pine plantation mixed with Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. et Zucc (PM + CJ), litter percolate nitrogen was 0.99 mg/L higher than in the pure Masson pine plantation (PM). In the mixed Masson pine plantation mixed with Manglietia chingii Dandy (PM + MC), litter percolate nitrogen was 1.78 mg/L higher than that in PM. Saprophytic and mycorrhizal fungi contributed substantially more soil organic carbon (SOC) in mixed plantations than in PM. In addition, both mycorrhizal and saprophytic fungi increased the soil carbon pool management index (CPMI) of mixed plantations. Litter percolate ammonium nitrogen contributed 40.76 % to the increase of SOC by mycorrhizal fungi, and together with litter percolate nitrogen contributed 40.13 % to the increase of SOC by saprophytic fungi. Mycorrhizal fungi's carbon contribution is influenced by both litter percolate and soil nitrogen content. It is recommended that the selection of mixed tree species that can increase nitrogen levels in litter percolate and soil be prioritized in order to enhance the accumulation and stability of SOC in Masson pine plantations.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126180"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144293131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Polar components in biochar boost oxygen vacancies and electron transfer for enhancing the degradation of tetracycline.","authors":"Dan Mo, Jingyang Zhang, Jiaqi Zhao, Chong Peng, Yuanfei Wang, Tao E","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Traditional modification methods focus on promoting the formation of oxygen vacancy (OV) primarily through external condition regulation while overlooking the influence of the polar components of substrate materials. Herein, we have prepared biochar-supported cerium oxide materials (CeO₂/PBCs) with different contents of polar components on biocarbon and explored the role of polar components in modulating the structural and electronic properties of CeO₂/PBCs, which are effectively applied to the degradation of tetracycline (TC). Characterization data and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations show that polar components, including carbon defects and oxygen-containing functional groups (OCGs), can weaken Ce-O through their electron enrichment effect, which can promote the oxygen separated from CeO₂ to the formation of OV. Furthermore, these polar components increase the electron transit efficiency of carbon, which improves the electrochemical performance of CeO₂/PBC and favors the promotion of OV generation. The optimized CeO₂/PBC-400 showed the highest degradation with a first-order kinetic constant (k) of 0.0555, which is 1.49 times that of CeO₂/PBC-300 and 2.24 times that of CeO₂.This study innovatively elucidates the intrinsic polar components of biochar as effective modulators for optimizing OV configuration in CeO₂ and enhancing electrochemical performance, offering a novel and effective strategy for designing advanced carbon-supported metal oxide catalysts.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126148"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144293134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying the vegetation destruction and restoration in surface coal mines across China over the past three decades by EAuto-VDR.","authors":"Chengye Zhang, Li Guo, Jun Li, Quansheng Li, Hui Kang, Yaling Xu, Simit Raval","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126195","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is crucial for balancing energy demands and ecological protection to understand the patterns of vegetation disturbance in surface coal mines at a national or global scale. This study developed a new method called EAuto-VDR (Enhanced Auto-VDR, Automatically identifying the vegetation destruction and restoration) to automatically identify the vegetation disturbance and revealed the disturbance patterns for more than 300 surface coal mines across various climatic contexts in China. The EAuto-VDR consists of five steps: construction of sample dataset, identification of disturbance types, automatic determination of vegetated/bare ground threshold, extraction of disturbance time, magnitude, and duration, and intelligent optimization of the results. The results show that: (1) The accuracy of EAuto-VDR reached 0.96, 0.92, and 0.90 for identifying disturbance types, destruction time, and restoration time, respectively. A dataset documenting histories of vegetation destruction and restoration has been produced and made publicly available in this paper. (2) General spatio-temporal patterns of vegetation disturbance across 329 surface coal mines of China have been revealed. Over the past three decades, surface coal mining activities in China have resulted in vegetation destruction area of 1271.34 km² totally, and 457.23 km² has been restored, and the average restoration rate is 0.36. Large-scale vegetation destruction due to mining activities began around 2003, with significant restoration activities beginning from 2010, and the \"Area destroyed per ton of coal mined\" (AD_t, m²/t) has been decreasing until to the latest. The \"S-shaped\" relationship between the cumulative vegetation destruction area and the disturbance duration, the \"progressive mining\" mode, and the \"restoring while mining\" phenomenon, were discovered. This study solved the problem of how to automatically identify the vegetation disturbance for surface coal mines in various climatic contexts, which provides an effective tool for investigating vegetation dynamics for surface coal mines at the national and even the global scale in future.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126195"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144300913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing soil carbon sequestration in jasmine gardens: Differential effects of straw and biochar on mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon.","authors":"Xiaoying Ren, Wenwen Yang, Liping Ye, Siyan Lin, Yuan Li, Weiqi Wang, Jordi Sardans, Junma Chen, Shiyu Chen, Siqi Yu, Li Hou, Akash Tariq, Josep Peñuelas","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126282","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reducing chemical fertilizer use while enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) stability, through straw return and biochar amendment presents an integrated strategy for climate change mitigation and sustainable agriculture. However, the effectiveness of their carbon (C) sequestration potential and organic C pool stability is influenced by varing environmental conditions. This study investigated the effects of straw and biochar on C sequestration potential and SOC pool stability in jasmine garden soil in Fuzhou, China. Six treatments were compared: No Fertilizer (Control), Fertilizer (F) (NPK fertilizer), No Fertilizer + Straw (NF + S), Fertilizer + Straw (F + S), No Fertilizer + Biochar (NF + B), and Fertilizer + Biochar (F + B). Fertilizer (compound NPK 16:16:16) was applied at a total rate of 260 kg·ha-1, split into two applications of 130 kg·ha-1 each. Straw and biochar were both applied at a rate of 8000 kg·ha-1 each. We measured mineral-associated organic C (MAOC), particulate organic C (POC), their binding mechanisms, and key physicochemical properties. The results showed that, compared to the control, NF + B significantly increased MAOC (13.29 %; p < 0.05). Biochar application (F + B and NF + B) significantly increased POC (150.57 %-211.34 %) and calcium-bound organic C (Ca-SOC) (22.22 %-31.94 %; p < 0.05), with more pronounced effects in the absence of fertilizer. Both straw and biochar applications significantly improved soil pH (2.74 %-15.40 %) and decreased soil bulk density (BD) (10.08 %-26.36 %; p < 0.05), while straw significantly increased electrical conductivity (EC) (17.91 %-35.82 %; p < 0.05). Furthermore, both straw and biochar amendments significantly increased SOC (34.66 %-57.18 %), easily oxidizable organic C (EOC) (23.35 %-48.58 %), and dissolved organic C (DOC) (15.98 %-93.00 %; p < 0.05). Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that pH (70.4 % variance explained) and SOC (7.5 % variance explained) were the dominant drivers of SOC pool stability. These findings suggest that biochar amendment, particularly without chemical fertilizers, represents a promising strategy for enhancing soil C sequestration and stability in jasmine gardens. This approach holds significant potential for sustainable agricultural practices and climate change mitigation in subtropical regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126282"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144336196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heavy metal contamination and ecological risk assessment in drainage channel sediments from urban and agricultural areas.","authors":"Radovan Savic, Milica Stajic, Ema Kostesic, Sanja Antic, Jelena Horvatinec, Rados Zemunac, Gabrijel Ondrasek","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126221","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126221","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heavy metal contamination in sediments poses a significant environmental challenge, as sediments are fundamental components of aquatic ecosystems, impacting overall ecosystem health. While numerous studies have assessed heavy metal concentrations in various aquatic systems, there remains a lack of comprehensive analysis comparing the quality of drainage sediments from diverse (urban, agricultural) areas within large-scale hydrosystems. This study addresses this gap by examining metal contamination in drainage channel sediments across the Danube-Tisza-Danube (DTD) Hydrosystem in Northern Serbia, which spans 1.42 Mha. Sediments from urban areas (Urb, n = 45) exhibited significantly higher concentrations of all analysed metals (Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Cu, and Zn) compared to those from agricultural areas (Agr, n = 41), except for Cr. While all metal concentrations in Agr sediments remained within the safe limits, a minority of Urb sediments exceeded the maximum allowable concentration. The calculated Geoaccumulation Index (I_geo), Potential Ecological Risk Factor (E_r), and Potential Ecological Risk Index (RI) differed significantly between Agr and Urb sediments. The majority of Agr sediments (95-100 %) were classified as unpolluted to moderately polluted (0 < I_geo <1). In contrast, while most Urb sediments fell within acceptable quality classes (I_geo < 2), some samples exhibited poorer sediment quality (2 < I_geo < 5), indicating moderate to strong pollution levels. Additionally, Agr (vs Urb) sediments exhibited lower E_r values with a narrower range. All Agr sediments scorred the low-risk class (RI < 150), while 89 % of Urb sediments were also classified as low risk, with 6.7 % and 4.4 % categorized as moderate and very high risk, respectively. Principal Component Analysis identified two significant factors in Agr sediments, explaining 78.5 % of the total variance, whereas in Urb sediments, a more complex three-factor structure accounted for 88 % of the total variance. These findings highlight the substantial impact of urban pollution on sediment quality, emphasizing the need for targeted monitoring and remediation strategies to mitigate metal contamination and protect aquatic ecosystems within the DTD hydrosystem.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126221"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144336199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficient soil decontamination via rapid ion exchange in vacuum.","authors":"Iwao Shimoyama, Yuji Baba","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Soil from Fukushima contaminated with radioactive Cs was effectively decontaminated through heat treatment with NaCl under vacuum. Although the decontamination ratio was about 10% after heat treatment at 1073 K in atmospheric conditions, the decontamination ratio reached over 90% after heat treatment at 1073 K under vacuum. Under atmospheric conditions, NaCl induced phase transformation in clay minerals, whereas under vacuum, decontamination progressed through rapid ion exchange in clay minerals. It was revealed that rapid ion exchange in vacuum is facilitated by the sublimation of NaCl and the expansion of interlayer spacing during heating. Differences in interlayer spacing during heat treatment under atmospheric and vacuum conditions were explained by deprotonation and the resulting changes in layer charge. The novel phenomenon we discovered is a promising solution for the decontamination of soil contaminated with radioactive Cs.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"389 ","pages":"126060"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144336193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of the immune-developmental toxicity risk of the hygienic insecticide dimefluthrin in zebrafish (Danio rerio) model.","authors":"Ruirui Li, Yang Yu, Wenxuan Cheng, Qingfeng Li, Wenping Xu, Jiagao Cheng, Liming Tao, Yang Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126355","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126355","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hygienic insecticides play a key role in the prevention of vector-borne diseases and are closely related to human health. Pyrethroids have become widely used household hygienic insecticides following restrictions on organophosphorus insecticides. Given that increased mosquito resistance had brought to the fore the misuse of hygienic insecticides, understanding the immunotoxicity risks of hygienic insecticides is essential for future risk management. The present study provided a comprehensive assessment of the immunotoxicity of dimefluthrin, one of the hygienic insecticides with the highest percentage of international use. After exposure to dimefluthrin at different doses (0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.8 μg/mL) for 72 h, it was shown that dimefluthrin induced intestinal developmental malformations and inflammation. Zebrafish exposed to 5 μg/L dimefluthin for 30 days developed an increase in pathogenic bacteria and a decrease in beneficial bacteria in the gut. Exposure to dimefluthrin impeded the formation of intrinsic immune cells (neutrophils, macrophages) and adaptive immune cells, T lymphocytes (T cells), and their migration and phagocytosis were impaired. Additionally, dimefluthrin markedly reduced the zebrafish's resistance to external tumor stimuli, inhibited the respiratory burst of leukocytes, and ultimately affected the immune response. This study implied that exposure to hygienic insecticides might pose potential immunological risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"390 ","pages":"126355"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bridging equity and sustainability: A heterogeneous analysis of poverty, inequality, and green growth's impact on environmental sustainability in BRI economies.","authors":"Ali Zeb, Obaid Ullah, Asim Zeb","doi":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126364","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126364","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rising perseverance of environmental sustainability has drawn attention of environmentalists and scholars across the globe. In this regard, the present study analyzes the effect of socioeconomic indicators including poverty (POV), inequality (GINI), and green economic growth (GEG) on environmental sustainability (ECF). Which is concentrating on United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG, s) specifically focussing (eradicating poverty) SDG 1, SDG 10 (reducing inequality) SDG 10, and (endorsing green growth) SDG 8 within Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. Although preceding studies have explored some of these associations, but still there remains a need for more inclusive, regionally comparative evidence that integrates socioeconomic and environmental magnitudes. Our study discourses this by using aggregate and disaggregate analyses across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia, providing more detailed insights and enabling regional assessments. By employing advanced Panel Quantile Regression (PQR) and Non-Parametric technique Panel Quantile on Quantile Kernel-Based Regularized Least Squares (PQQKRLS), the study's outcome disclose that poverty (POV) significantly increases ecological footprints across all quantiles, while inequality (GINI) negatively impacts environmental quality from the 25th to 90th quantiles. Green Economic Growth (GEG) shows mixed effects, being positive and significant at the 25th and 50th quantiles. Robustness of the results is confirmed through the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS), Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) techniques. Based on these insights, the study offers empirical mark that may inform regional discussions on inclusive and environmentally sustainable development, mainly in relation to Sustainable Development Goals such as (No Poverty) SDG-1, (Reduced Inequalities) SDG-10, Decent Work and Economic Growth) SDG-8, and SDG-13 (Climate Action). The associations acknowledged can assist as a base for further research or policymaking tailored to specific regional contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":356,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Management","volume":"390 ","pages":"126364"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}