The journal of Environmental Studies (JES) is a fully open-access journal. This means that all articles are available on the Web to all users immediately upon publication. The Journal of Environmental Studies (JES) is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). In this journal, under an open access license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content, but allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited properly.

This license allows users to copy and redistribute the article under the following conditions:

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• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

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•  Authors retain copyright to their work.
• Free access for all users worldwide.
• Increased visibility and readership.
• No spatial constraints.
• Rapid publication.

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