How to address data privacy concerns when using social media data in conservation science

Social media data are being increasingly used in conservation science to study human–nature interactions. User-generated content, such as images, video, text, and audio, and the associated metadata can be used to assess such interactions. A number of social media platforms provide free access to user-generated social media content. However, similar to any research involving people, scientific investigations based on social media data require compliance with highest standards of data privacy and data protection, even when data are publicly available. Should social media data be misused, the risks to individual users' privacy and well-being can be substantial. We investigated the legal basis for using social media data while ensuring data subjects’ rights through a case study based on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. The risks associated with using social media data in research include accidental and purposeful misidentification that has the potential to cause psychological or physical harm to an identified person. To collect, store, protect, share, and manage social media data in a way that prevents potential risks to users involved, one should minimize data, anonymize data, and follow strict data management procedure. Risk-based approaches, such as a data privacy impact assessment, can be used to identify and minimize privacy risks to social media users, to demonstrate accountability and to comply with data protection legislation. We recommend that conservation scientists carefully consider our recommendations in devising their research objectives so as to facilitate responsible use of social media data in conservation science research, for example, in conservation culturomics and investigations of illegal wildlife trade online.     

突发环境事件应对中信息公开制度的完善

近年来我国突发环境事件频发,给经济社会带来了严重影响。对突发环境事件的应对,暴露出信息公开不及时、不充分,对谣言回应不及时等不足。此外,谣言的广泛存在与传播,使得突发环境事件应对效果难以实现最大化。产生这种情况是因为突发环境事件应对中,信息公开法律规定与实践不足、信息传播不对称与集体行为等。对此,体系化的信息公开法律制度建设与完善显得尤为重要。为减少突发环境事件中因信息公开不足及谣言产生的危害,我们一方面需要通过扩大信息公开主体范围、明确信息公开程序、对象等措施强化信息公开制度建设,另一方面需要开展谣言与集体行为方面的研究,为突发环境事件的应对提供有效支撑。     

国家公园分区管控的实践总结与制度进阶

分区管控是实现国家公园严格保护与合理利用双重目的的基础制度,也是保障原住居民发展权益的有效途径。梳理总结各试点公园的分区管控制度,本文发现存在实体规范各行其是、程序规范先天不足、责任规范流于形式的问题,难以实现保护优先、兼顾利用之间的关系。国家公园法应统一分区标准,采取二阶结构的分区管控制度,首先以世界自然保护联盟提出的"三圈层"模式划分严格保护区、缓冲区、一般控制区,进而将一般控制区划分为游憩展示区和传统利用区,并将生态保育修复区作为特别的"动态分区"。同时,提高国家公园规划及变更的审批权限并完善分区管控的法律责任,以实现实质的差别化管控和严格规范的管理。     

关于修改我国环境保护法的思考

当前,我国资源破坏和环境污染问题相当严重,要实现中国跨世纪环保政策目标和可持续发展战略,必须有健全的环境保护法律制度作保障。我国现行《环境保护法》制定于20世纪80年代末,已经不能适应现阶段的经济发展要求。本文从环境保护法的立法目的、基本原则、环境法律制度等方面对《环境保护法》的修改进行了论述。     

试论公民环境权的性质

公民环境权是在环境危机产生后才愈加受人关注.本文通过对公民环境权的定义的探讨,对公民环境权的性质进行剖析,并且认为公民环境权是一项法定权利,它是由生存权发展而来的一项基本人权.但期待高位阶的法律做出更为明确的规定.     

WATERLAW AND THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE: A TEXAS EXAMPLE1

ABSTRACT Scientists usually regard all water as merely passing through, but in different phases of, the endless hydrologic cycle. The law divides water in the cycle into several different classes. Each is treated separately and generally without consideration of interconnections existing within the cycle. Different rules of law have arisen concerning the ownership and use of each legal class. Under Texas law several classes of surface and ground water are recognized, and weather modification efforts bring yet another class, atmospheric moisture, under consideration. It is instructive to follow water moving through the hydrologic cycle in the Nueces River basin, Texas, as a framework for discussing the substantial interconnections between the various legal classes of water and the difficulties that arise from attempts to apply different rules of law to each class. Strictures imposed by Texas water law can seriously interfer with coordinated, efficient use and management of water resources, as evidenced by the Nueces River basin. Well-recognized, existing water rights in the several phases of the hydrologic cycle make change of these institutional constraints difficult to achieve.     

完善我国防灾救灾体制、机制和法制

我国灾害和安全事故严重，且复杂，多样，连锁性强，破坏性大。现有的防灾救灾体制、机制和法制不能适应防灾救灾的需要。应完善防灾救灾体制、机制和法制以适应我国现阶段社会经济发展的需要.     

中外“小矿”法律概念比较研究——写在我国《矿产资源法》修改之际

"小矿"是"小型矿山"的简称,因规模小、投资少、见效快等特点在发展中国家普遍存在,是各国矿业和农村经济的重要组成部分。但同时,它又因浪费资源、破坏环境、安全事故频发等问题而受到国际社会的高度关注。然而,到目前为止,国内外对小矿尚无一个公认的概念。论文基于对现有"小矿"定义以及与小矿相关概念的细致比较,试图给小矿下一个定义,籍此为我国修订中的《矿产资源法》献计献策。笔者以为,小矿是"以谋生或营利为目的,采用简单或基础的采掘设备与技术,在有限的矿藏范围内从事某种矿产品采选活动的小规模、劳动密集型矿山企业。其中包括开采规模达到国家规定的小型矿山标准的小型矿山企业和开采规模在小型矿山上限1/10以下的小矿山企业(含零星个体采矿)。小矿是采矿业最基本的构成部门。"     

构建我国综合防灾法律体系的探讨——源于汶川地震的思考

本文在汲取汶川地震抗震救灾经验教训的基础上,分析了我国防灾领域立法的现状和存在的问题,提出制定综合性"防灾减灾基本法",出台指导防灾减灾各阶段工作的基础性法律,加强各单灾种法律法规等构建我国综合防灾法律体系的对策.     

达州天然气开发与就地转化环境保护法制研究

达州天然气开发与就地转化没有对之规制的专门性法律,以致达州能源生态破坏和环境污染日益严重。笔者以法律运行机制理论为视角,运用系统研究方法,建议四川省政府颂行《四川省能源开发与就地转化环境保护条例》,为其境内能源开发与就地转化环境保护提供法律依据。