Monitoring and economic factors affecting the economic viability of afforestation for carbon sequestration projects

The Kyoto Protocol is the first step towards achieving the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and aims among others to promote ‘the protection and enhancement of carbon sinks and reservoirs’. To encourage afforestation for carbon sequestration a project must be economically viable. This study uses a model to analyse the impact on project viability of a range of carbon monitoring options, international carbon credit value and discount rate, applied to a Pinus radiata afforestation project in New Zealand. Monitoring carbon in conjunction with conventional forest inventory shows the highest return. Long-term average carbon accounting has lower accounting costs, compared to annual and 5 yearly accounting, as monitoring is only required every 5–10 years until the long-term average is attained. In this study we conclude that monitoring soil carbon stocks is not economically feasible using any of the accounting methods, when carbon is valued at US$ 10/t. This conclusion may be relevant to forest carbon sequestration projects elsewhere in the world and suggests care is needed in selecting the appropriate carbon monitoring options to avoid the risk that costs could be higher than any monetary benefits from terrestrial carbon sequestration. This would remove any commercial incentive to afforest for carbon sequestration reasons and severely limit the use of forest sinks as part of any package of measures addressing the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC.     

约束求解的数据模型及算法

此文针对参数化造型系统中约束方程组的求解问题,深入分析了匹配求解的核心思想,提出了一种简单实用的约束网络建模方法,并且围绕该数据模型介绍了与其相关的算法.     

Total nitrogen and community turnover determine phosphorus use efficiency of phytoplankton along nutrient gradients in plateau lakes

Numerous studies support that biodiversity predict most to ecosystem functioning, but whether other factors display a more significant direct impact on ecosystem functioning than biodiversity remains to be studied. We investigated 398 samples of the phytoplankton phosphorus resource use efficiency (RUE_P = chlorophyll-a concentration/dissolved phosphate) across two seasons in nine plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, China. We identified the main contributors to phytoplankton RUE_P and analyzed their potential influences on RUE_P at different lake trophic states. The results showed that total nitrogen (TN) contributed the most to RUE_P among the nine lakes, whereas community turnover (measured as community dissimilarity) explained the most to RUE_P variation across the two seasons. Moreover, TN also influenced RUE_P by affecting biodiversity. Species richness (SR), functional attribute diversity (FAD2), and dendrogram-based functional diversity (FDc) were positively correlated with RUE_P in both seasons, while evenness was negatively correlated with RUE_P at the end of the rainy season. We also found that the effects of biodiversity and turnover on RUE_P depended on the lake trophic states. SR and FAD2 were positively correlated with RUE_P in all three trophic states. Evenness showed a negative correlation with RUE_P at the eutrophic and oligotrophic levels, but a positive correlation at the mesotrophic level. Turnover had a negative influence on RUE_P at the eutrophic level, but a positive influence at the mesotrophic and oligotrophic levels. Overall, our results suggested that multiple factors and nutrient states need to be considered when the ecosystem functioning predictors and the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships are investigated.     

国内外环境监测分析的现状和发展

从实验室分析仪器和技术、与污染物总量控制有关的自动监测系统和技术，与应急事故监测有关的现场简易监测分析仪器和技术等方面概括介绍了环境监测分析仪器和技术的现状与发展，并概要介绍了日美及中国环境监测分析产业的现状与发展。     

高分辨率遥感影像在生态环境状况评价中的应用——以戚浦塘生态调查为例

以苏州市戚浦塘疏浚工程生态调查为例,分别解译分辨率30 m和2.5 m的遥感图像,对比分析解译结果,量化研究了不同分辨率的解译数据对生物丰度指数、植被覆盖指数和生态环境状况指数的影响,为进一步探讨高分辨率遥感图像在区域生态环境状况评价中的应用指明了方向.     

抚仙湖面源污染特征及其防治对策

根据抚仙湖径流区污染物负荷量的调查结果,抚仙湖水污染特征以面源为主,面源入湖水量占98%,TP占81.4%,TN占85.9%,因此控制面源是保护抚仙湖的关键。提出了防治抚仙湖面源污染的生态治理及工程治理对策。     

我国生态工业园区稳定性的调研报告

作为可持续发展的重要实践工具，生态工业园（EIPs）建设得到快速推进的同时，也由于多方面存在的影响因素制约，使园区面临“不稳定”风险．本调研报告通过专家调查和全国范围内的统计调查确认了“技术充足，政府支持，行业多样，核心组员，成员沟通”等5个影响因素对我国生态工业园区稳定发展具有显著影响，并对数据结果做了进一步的讨论，提出了相应的政策建设。     

关于高校环境类专业本科教学的思考

论述了从培养目标、课程设置、教学方法与实践等方面培养高素质复合型的环境类专业的本科生，以满足社会需求，并为环境类专业本科教学改革提供参考。     

PTA生产废水处理装置的开工及问题探讨

阐述了乌石化ＰＴＡ废水两段好氧处理系统的原理和启动运行过程，并对运行中发现的问题提出了解决方案     

升流式厌氧污泥床筛分强度数学模型研究

通过对升流式厌氧污泥床的流动分析，提出了用离散数Ｄ定量地表示筛分强度。通过实验和回归分析，建立了Ｄ与水力负荷（Ｌ）和沼气沼气容积产量（Ｇ）的数学关系：Ｄ＝０．００３３Ｌ＋０．０４５Ｇ＋０．０７３。当Ｄ在０．０８８－０．０９５之间，用生活污水作基质，成功地培养出了颗粒污泥。