Citizen feedback in a fragile setting: social accountability interventions in the primary healthcare sector in Sierra Leone

Fragile and conflict‐affected states are frequently characterised by their inability to fulfil three core governance functions: provision of security, effective delivery of basic public goods and services, and managing political participation and accountability. This article explores the utility of social accountability interventions in fragile environments. Successful social accountability interventions can lead to joint examinations of public service standards by service‐users and providers, resulting in collaborative improvement efforts. The few available studies of such interventions implemented in fragile or conflict‐affected states show reasons for optimism as well as challenges. This article advocates the continued use of social accountability methods in fragile settings and provides examples of social accountability interventions in the health sector in Sierra Leone. The study suggests that social accountability can improve interaction between citizens and public service providers. Successful social accountability interventions can also lead to better quality and more accessible public services, which, in turn, can enhance state legitimacy.     

The role of agri‐environment schemes in conservation and environmental management

Over half of the European landscape is under agricultural management and has been for millennia. Many species and ecosystems of conservation concern in Europe depend on agricultural management and are showing ongoing declines. Agri‐environment schemes (AES) are designed partly to address this. They are a major source of nature conservation funding within the European Union (EU) and the highest conservation expenditure in Europe. We reviewed the structure of current AES across Europe. Since a 2003 review questioned the overall effectiveness of AES for biodiversity, there has been a plethora of case studies and meta‐analyses examining their effectiveness. Most syntheses demonstrate general increases in farmland biodiversity in response to AES, with the size of the effect depending on the structure and management of the surrounding landscape. This is important in the light of successive EU enlargement and ongoing reforms of AES. We examined the change in effect size over time by merging the data sets of 3 recent meta‐analyses and found that schemes implemented after revision of the EU's agri‐environmental programs in 2007 were not more effective than schemes implemented before revision. Furthermore, schemes aimed at areas out of production (such as field margins and hedgerows) are more effective at enhancing species richness than those aimed at productive areas (such as arable crops or grasslands). Outstanding research questions include whether AES enhance ecosystem services, whether they are more effective in agriculturally marginal areas than in intensively farmed areas, whether they are more or less cost‐effective for farmland biodiversity than protected areas, and how much their effectiveness is influenced by farmer training and advice? The general lesson from the European experience is that AES can be effective for conserving wildlife on farmland, but they are expensive and need to be carefully designed and targeted.     

《安全与环境学报》2007-2017年文献计量分析

运用文献计量学方法,对《安全与环境学报》(下称《学报》)2007-2017年刊载的4147篇论文进行了文献计量分析。从《学报》论文的时序产出与影响、分类产出与影响、期刊层面的知识流动及主题热点4个方面讨论了《学报》的文献计量学特征。结果表明,《学报》经过多年的发展,产出、影响力及知识密度不断提升,产生了一大批有影响的地区、机构、作者等。《学报》保持期刊内外的知识流动、交换和更新,使得期刊充满知识活力。经过长期的积累,《学报》已经形成了安全工程与管理、环境科学、环境工程,以及特色专题--安全与环境事故和事件统计快报4个方面的主题方向。《学报》的这些文献计量指标,为全面认识《学报》及未来发展提供了详实的科技情报。     

中国农田N_2O排放量的估算

排放量估算是温室效应气体研究的重要内容。本文论述了影响农田Ｎ２Ｏ排放量估算准确性的因素，讨论如何提高农田Ｎ２Ｏ排放量估算的准确性，并估算了中国农田Ｎ２Ｏ排放总量。     

湿地冷湿效应初探

对湿地周围不同距离农田的近地面气温、湿度、地温以及典型湿地地温的测定表明 ,湿地冷湿效应与湿地植被及其积水深度有关。在所选择的 3种湿地植被中 ,漂筏苔草积水最深 ,冷湿效应最大 ,其次为毛果苔草 ,小叶章最小。不同距离农田的近地面气温和湿度变化不同 ,随距离增加 ,温度增大 ,湿度减小。这种变化主要是由湿地的局部冷湿作用造成的。农田地温平均值高出小叶章湿地 4℃之多 ,高出漂筏苔草湿地近 5℃ ,表明湿地的制冷作用很明显     

有机农业与常规农业对农田生物多样性影响的比较研究进展

一些研究者认为,有机农业不仅在理念上而且在实践上,都有助于促进农田生物多样性的维持和保护.为了促进我国科学界对有机农业与农田生物多样性关联性研究的关注,综述了有机农业对农田生态系统内杂草、地表节肢动物、土壤生物以及鸟类等不同生物类群种类、数量及其多样性的影响.     

水稻土壤组分去除有机质和游离氧化铁后对As5+吸附解吸特征的影响

采用平衡液吸附法、NaCl解吸剂解吸法研究了名山河流域水稻土原土及各粒径组分去除有机质和游离氧化铁后对砷(As~(5+))的吸附解吸特性,同时运用热力学和动力学方法,研究了去除有机质、游离氧化铁后的土壤微团聚体(0.25~2 mm、0.053~0.25 mm、0.002~0.053 mm、0.002 mm)对砷(As~(5+))的吸附解吸过程。结果表明:1)同时去除有机质和游离氧化铁后,水稻土原土及各粒径组分对砷(As~(5+))的吸附量有所减小,吸附量从大到小依次为(0.002 mm)、0.002~0.053 mm、原土、0.25~2 mm、0.053~0.25 mm。砷(As~(5+))的动力学吸附量随时间延长而逐渐降低,60 min内反应迅速,在600min达到吸附动态平衡,动力学吸附以Elovich方程拟合最佳;2)等温吸附量随砷(As~(5+))的初始质量浓度增加逐渐增加,初始质量浓度0~100 mg/L时反应快速,在砷(As~(5+))初始质量浓度达到160 mg/L时吸附趋于饱和,等温吸附以Freundlich方程拟合最佳;3)易解吸量随时间和浓度的增加而增加,易解吸率顺序与吸附量顺序相反,易解吸率也随着有机质、游离氧化铁含量的减少而增加;4)去除土壤中的有机质、游离氧化铁后,砷的吸附减少量随时间和浓度增加而增加,吸附减少量与有机质、游离氧化铁去除量呈正比。     

两种有机酸对茶园土微团聚体等温吸附锌的影响

为了明确茶园紫色土Zn容量及潜在污染状况,利用虹吸沉降和离心冻融法进行批量培养,研究区域土壤及不同粒径微团聚体等温吸附Zn~(2+)的水平,以及去除有机质和外源添加柠檬酸、乙二胺四乙酸(EDTA)对吸附的影响。结果表明:1)以专性吸附为主的多层吸附随Zn~(2+)质量浓度增至200 mg/L总体接近饱和,吸附量从大到小依次为0.002 mm、0.002~0.05 mm、原土、0.25~2 mm、0.05~0.25 mm,游离Zn~(2+)向较小粒径富集趋势明显,去除有机质弱化了微团聚体的吸附能力;2)吸附过程为自发吸热反应,热力学Freundlich方程(R2=0.9722~0.9995)整体拟合水平优于Langmiur方程(R2=0.9505~0.9987),土壤吸附能力与有机质、游离氧化铁、CEC呈正相关;3)两种有机酸均以0.1 mmol/L为阈值,随浓度增加均表现为低浓度增强Zn~(2+)积累、高浓度加快迁移,最大吸附量呈"峰形"变化,有机酸浓度"峰值"在去除有机质后增大到1 mmol/L;在未去除有机质土壤及结构单元中,EDTA对Zn~(2+)的释放能力更优,柠檬酸能更好地吸持,大粒径微团聚体0.25~2 mm及原土随有机酸浓度变化吸附量差异明显;去除有机质使两种有机酸促进及抑制功能削弱明显。     

博尔塔拉蒙古自治州近20年土地生态安全评价与趋势分析

土地生态系统是陆地生态系统的重要组成部分,但在快速城市化的背景下,区域、国家和全球尺度上的土地生态系统发生退化现象,因此为保障土地生态系统的可持续发展,有必要对当前土地生态安全进行评价。选用压力-状态-响应-自然-社会-经济(PSR-NSE)评价指标体系,利用熵权法对指标重要性进行排序,建立了博州土地生态安全突变评价模型。结果表明:1)博州的土地生态安全等级自1994年的0.83(Ⅴ)持续改善至2012年的0.98(Ⅱ);2)博州是西北干旱生态脆弱区,仅通过人为调节并不能保证区域土地生态安全,应着手区域的均衡发展和区域生态保障措施的实施;3)基于突变级数法构建突变模型,分析了系统潜在的突变特性和土地生态安全的发展趋势,表明博州近20年土地生态安全水平虽呈逐年上升趋势,但整体水平不高,土地生态系统整体状态仍待改善。     

微囊藻毒素对不同生育期水稻生长的影响

灌溉水中的微囊藻毒素不仅会影响作物生长与产量,还可能沿食物链传递而威胁人类健康。以水稻为试材,研究了不同质量浓度(1μg/L、100μg/L、1 000μg/L、3 000μg/L)微囊藻毒素(MCs)对幼苗期和孕穗期水稻生长与成熟期水稻产量的影响,以及MCs在3个生育期水稻中的积累。结果表明:处理7 d后,1μg/L MCs处理对幼苗期水稻生长有一定促进作用,而对孕穗期水稻生长没有影响,高质量浓度MCs(≥100μg/L)抑制幼苗期和孕穗期水稻的生长;胁迫结束且恢复7 d后,100μg/L处理组孕穗期水稻根长、根表面积恢复能力强于幼苗期,株高、叶面积低于幼苗期,而1 000μg/L和3 000μg/L MCs组水稻各指标不仅未恢复,且劣于胁迫期,水稻产量下降92.4%和95.2%。用酶联免疫法检测发现,胁迫后MCs均在水稻体内富集。对于相同质量浓度MCs处理,幼苗期水稻各器官富集能力最大,孕穗期次之,成熟期最小。3 000μg/L MCs处理组的水稻谷粒中MCs质量比达21.2μg/kg,使人体每天摄入MCs的量可能高于世界卫生组织规定的人体每天吸收MCs的上限值。