Profiling unauthorized natural resource users for better targeting of conservation interventions

Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas. Approaches to reducing this threat include law enforcement and integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects, but for such ICDs to be targeted effectively, it is important to understand who is illegally using which natural resources and why. The nature of unauthorized behavior makes it difficult to ascertain this information through direct questioning. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, has many ICD projects, including authorizing some local people to use certain nontimber forest resources from the park. However, despite over 25 years of ICD, unauthorized resource use continues. We used household surveys, indirect questioning (unmatched count technique), and focus group discussions to generate profiles of authorized and unauthorized resource users and to explore motivations for unauthorized activity. Overall, unauthorized resource use was most common among people from poor households who lived closest to the park boundary and farthest from roads and trading centers. Other motivations for unauthorized resource use included crop raiding by wild animals, inequity of revenue sharing, and lack of employment, factors that created resentment among the poorest communities. In some communities, benefits obtained from ICD were reported to be the greatest deterrents against unauthorized activity, although law enforcement ranked highest overall. Despite the sensitive nature of exploring unauthorized resource use, management‐relevant insights into the profiles and motivations of unauthorized resource users can be gained from a combination of survey techniques, as adopted here. To reduce unauthorized activity at Bwindi, we suggest ICD benefit the poorest people living in remote areas and near the park boundary by providing affordable alternative sources of forest products and addressing crop raiding. To prevent resentment from driving further unauthorized activity, ICDs should be managed transparently and equitably.     

矸石山综合治理工程应用实践

针对汾西矿业集团河东煤矿煤矸石的特点，以该矿崔家沟矸石山治理工程为例，介绍了一种以工程措施和生物措施相结合的方法治理矸石山的新技术模式。     

华东区域高山背景点PM10 和PM2.5 背景值及污染特征

为了解华东森林及高山背景区域大气中PM10和PM2.5质量浓度的变化特征,选取国家大气背景监测福建武夷山站2011年3月～2012年2月PM10、PM2.5为期1 a的监测数据,研究其浓度变化特征及其影响因子,并利用后向轨迹模式探讨区域输送对背景区域PM10和PM2.5质量浓度的影响.结果表明:华东森林及高山区域现阶段PM10和PM2.5背景浓度分别为(23±16)μg·m-3和(18±12)μg·m-3;PM10和PM2.5浓度具有相同的季节变化特征,即春季>秋季>冬季>夏季,2011年春季武夷山背景点因受沙尘远距离输送影响,PM10和PM2.5浓度明显高于其它三季;武夷山背景地区主要以细粒子为主,PM2.5/PM10年平均比值为0.76;PM10和PM2.5浓度与气体污染物均有较好的相关性,表明PM10和PM2.5可能来源于区域人为污染源的输送和二次粒子转化;2011年4月的污染事件与北方沙尘输送有关,而9月的污染事件主要与华东高污染负荷区的污染物输送有关.     

论贵州岩溶山区植物物种多样性的保护

论述了植物物种多样性的概念及保护意义，针对贵州岩溶山区生态环境和植物资源现状，认为植物资源的开发和利用必须重视对植物物种多样性的保护，并提出了保护植物物种多样性的几点建议。     

Tree vegetation of the forest-tundra ecotone in the Western Sayan mountains and climatic trends

Parameters of reproduction of the Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica), including radial and apical tree increments, the age structure of stands, the amount of young growth, and its distribution along an altitudinal gradient, have been studied in the forest-tundra ecotone of the Western Sayan. The results show that, over the past 30 years, P. sibirica undergrowth has expanded to the mountain tundra belt, the apical and radial tree increments and stand density have increased, and the life form of many P. sibirica plants has changed from prostrate to erect (single-or multistemmed). These changes correlate with the dynamics of summer temperatures and monthly (in May and June) and annual precipitation. The rise of summer temperatures by 1°C promotes the expansion of P. sibirica undergrowth for approximately 150 m up the altitudinal gradient.     

天气型对北京地区近地面臭氧的影响

臭氧(O3)是夏秋季北京城市大气光化学污染物中的首要气态污染物,气象因素是影响其浓度水平和变化规律的主要因子之一.2008年7月~2008年9月,在北京市4个站点进行了臭氧、氮氧化物(NOx)和一氧化碳(CO)浓度的同步连续观测,并对同期天气型进行了分类比对分析.结果显示,观测期间,北京地区处于低压前部(主要是蒙古气旋)和高压前部的比例分别为42%和20%,分别是造成臭氧浓度高值和低值的主要背景场.处于低压前部控制时,高温、低湿以及局地环流形成的山谷风造成区域臭氧累积,小时最大值(体积分数)高达102.2×10-9,并随气压的升高以3.4×10-9Pa-1的速率降低,山谷风风向的转变决定了臭氧浓度最大值出现时间,峰值出现在14:00左右;处于高压前部控制时,低温、高湿以及系统性北风造成区域臭氧低值,小时最大值(体积分数)仅为49.3×10-9,系统性北风将臭氧峰值出现时刻推后到16:00左右.北京地区臭氧光化学污染呈现出区域一致性,并与天气型有较好相关,关注天气型结构和演变对预报大气光化学污染具有重要意义.     

山区小城镇生态化发展探析——以株洲市炎陵县下村乡为例

山区小城镇的生态化建设在中国山区的城镇建设中有着重要的指导性意义。株洲市炎陵县山区小城镇生态化建设是推进农村环境保护工作,长株潭城市群两型社会建设的重要举措。结合山区城镇特有的地形和生态特征,以株洲市炎陵县下村乡为例,尝试从生态城镇的三个结构构成部分：经济系统、社会系统和自然生态系统现状进行分析,明确山区城镇发展中存在的不足和有待进一步挖掘的发展优势,提出相应的山区城镇建设策略,来探讨山区小城镇生态化建设的途径。     

Study on the Circular Agriculture Development in Beijing’s Mountain Areas

Abstract

Circular agriculture is an essential way to realize the positive recycling of ecology and harmonious development of the country construction. The sustainable development of Beijing’s mountain areas depends on the background and orientation of ecological economy. Beijing’s mountain areas bear the responsibility of protecting the ecological safety of the whole Beijing district and also the exploration of circular agriculture in mountain areas is very important to promote the sustainable use of agriculture resources. Beijing’s mountain areas have possessed some practical experience in recycling agriculture development. Through summarizing the development mode and analyzing the development practice, the article puts forward three key segments of promoting Beijing circular agriculture development: strengthen propagate, develop superiority and built management mechanism.     

汶川地震次生泥石流形成模式与机理

以汶川地震灾区的典型的代表性泥石流案例为基础,分析了汶川地震次生泥石流的形成地形地貌、降水和土源条件特征,概括分析了汶川地震泥石流形成的5种模式,即:(1)沟床启动型;(2)坡面崩滑转化型;(3)震裂表土侵蚀启动型;(4)滑坡表面土体液化型和(5)松散坡积物冲切沟启动型。分析了这些形成模式的启动机理。地震次生泥石流的形成机理包括土力类和水力类。泥石流的形成需要一定的细颗粒含量,尤其是粘土颗粒含量;此外低密度干燥度较高的土体在降雨作用下易湿陷,体积收缩,从而有利于土体孔隙水压力的升高,而有利土体强度的降低,导致泥石流的启动。所以地震灾区的泥石流集中分布于干旱河谷松散固体物质大量存在且以花岗岩风化壳和碎屑岩及其变质岩为主的地区,降雨量特征与国内外众多泥石流的降雨特征可以比较,其模式多样。     

秦岭大巴山地区山地灾害及减灾对策

本文在论述秦岭大巴山地区山地灾害类型特征、分布规律及综合分析致灾成因的基础上,提出了五条具体的减灾对策。