Preface

Abstract

Due to the unstable situation generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference committee of 2021 9th International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention (ICEPP 2021) made the decision to change from a physical to a virtual conference. As a result, ICEPP 2021 was held, with great success, online through Zoom video conferencing between November 19-21, 2021.This annually-held ICEPP conference aims to provide a forum for professors, researchers, scholars and industrial pioneers all over the world to share ideas, designs and experiments in the field of environment pollution and prevention. ICEPP 2021 attracted more than 45 individuals, representing many countries including Australia, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Russia, Finland, Algeria, Poland, Peru, USA, South Korea, Spain, Italy, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, Germany, Indonesia, India and Thailand. The location of the organizer is St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.During the conference, we invited three internationally-known keynote speakers and seven invited speakers to deliver papers. Prof. Edmond Yat-Man LO from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore presented a paper entitled Thermal and Flow Structures in Tropical Shallow Lakes. Prof. Koh Hock Lye from Sunway University, Malaysia presented a paper entitled Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Coastal Populations while Prof. Richard Haynes from The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia presented a paper entitled Constructed Wetland Technology for Wastewater Treatment. Then, seven invited speakers delivered insightful presentations on various aspects of environmental pollution and prevention. These papers, along with those of the participants, triggered significant scientific discussion and interesting feedback which benefited both the presenters and the wider audience.The proceedings are a compilation of the accepted papers and represent a valuable record of the conference. All the papers have been through a rigorous review process in order to meet international publication standards.We would like to express our gratitude to those who supported ICEPP 2021. The help and contribution of the scientific committees, reviewers, keynote and invited speakers, presenters, as well as conference organizers was of great importance to the success of conference. We believe that the proceedings will serve as an important source of papers dealing with new scientific information and technologies within the wide area of environmental pollution and prevention.Conference ChairProf. R. J. (Dick) HaynesThe University of Queensland, St Lucia, QueenslandList of titles Committees, Statement of Peer Review are available in this Pdf.