城市垃圾分类的协同管理模式研究

通过对N市城市垃圾分类实践工作的梳理分析,构建了国家行动者与作为参与主体的居民之间协同管理的行动逻辑与运行模式:自上而下+自下而上的双向行动.一方面,国家行动者通过诱导性和强制性机制,增强居民参与到垃圾分类中的积极性;另一方面,社会参与者在接受国家政府指导的基础上,建立了社会力量主导的垃圾分类自治空间,发挥了"自下而上"的建构性作用.在中国迫切需要开展垃圾分类的背景下,该种运行模式将有助于城市垃圾分类工作的推进以及环境改善.     

工业遗产旅游资源评价——以辽宁省为例

近20年来,随着西方"逆工业化"大潮下工业遗产旅游案例的成功开发,我国的工业遗产旅游也得到重视并进行了不同程度的开发.以辽宁省不同时期的工业遗产为对象,首次通过对工业遗产意义及遗产资源的相关属性建立评价指标,采用AHP方法进行评价,为辽宁省工业遗产旅游资源的重点、有序开发提供依据.     

The forest environmental frontier in Russia: Between sustainable forest management discourses and ‘wood mining’ practice

With 20% of the world’s forests, Russia has global potential in bioeconomy development, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. However, unsustainable forest management based on ‘wood mining’ reduces this potential. Based on document analysis, participant observations and interviews, this article shows how non-state actors—environmental NGOs and forest companies—address forest resource depletion and primary forest loss in Russia. We analyse two key interrelated forest discourses driven by non-state actors in Russia: (1) intensive forest management in secondary forests as a pathway towards sustained yield and primary forest conservation; (2) intact forest landscapes as a priority in primary forest conservation. We illustrate how these discourses have been integrated into policy debates, institutions and practices and discuss their relation to relevant global discourses. The article concludes that despite successful cases in conserving intact forest landscapes, there is still a frontier between sustainable forest management discourses and forestry practice in Russia.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-021-01643-6.     

Nature and Nature Values in Organic Agriculture. An Analysis of Contested Concepts and Values Among Different Actors in Organic Farming

The relationship between agriculture and nature is a central issue in the current agricultural debate. Organic Farming has ambitions and a special potential in relation to nature. Consideration for nature is part of the guiding principals of organic farming and many organic farmers are committed to protecting natural qualities. However, the issue of nature, landscape, and land use is not straightforward. Nature is an ambiguous concept that involves multiple interests and actors reaching far beyond farmers. The Danish research project Nature Quality in Organic Farming has investigated the relationship between nature and organic farming. This article will focus on an expert workshop held in connection with the project that investigates the way different actors conceptualize nature. Farmers, scientists, and non-governmental organizations came together to discuss their experiences of nature and expectations of organic agriculture. From this interaction, it was clear that nature is a contested notion. Different understandings of nature exist within the three groups and there is disagreement as to whether emphasis should be given to biological qualities, production values, or experiential and aesthetic perspectives. This complexity provides a challenge to organic farming as well as to the implementation of nature considerations in general. It illustrates an underlying battle for the right to define nature and nature quality and essentially decide what organic farmers should work towards. We argue that successful implementation requires organic farmers to carefully consider what expectations they wish to meet. Optimally it is dependent on a dialog between stakeholder interest groups that allows for multivocality and pluralism.