Environmental regulation of exploration and mining operations in Asian countries

This paper offers a new perspective on the environmental laws in Asian nations affecting the exploration, mining, and reclamation activities of the mineral resource industry: the perspective of the senior government officials in those countries, whose job is to enforce these new environmental laws. The article presents the results of a 1998 survey of national environmental officials in Asia conducted by the Colorado School of Mines and the Metal Mining Agency of Japan. Officials in 10 diverse countries—Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam—responded to a detailed questionnaire covering applicable laws, agencies, protected areas, covered mineral activities, financial assurance, environmental impact assessment, public involvement, environmental standards, permit and reclamation requirements.
The survey confirms that Asian nations are part of the global trend towards national government regulatory structures that balance mineral development objectives with environmental considerations. The survey also shows developing regulatory systems (some embryonic, some more mature) utilizing a combination of mining and environmental acts, and often an 'insider' perspective of the national officials administering the laws. While that perspective is not without its biases (not least the rigor of enforcement), it may nevertheless be of use in company planning. The emerging regulatory picture contradicts the conventional notion that it is the 'lower' level of regulation in Asia that is attracting foreign direct investment in mining.     

Ethnicity, politics and inequality: post-tsunami humanitarian aid delivery in Ampara District, Sri Lanka

The provision of humanitarian aid at times of disaster in multi-ethnic community settings may lead to conflict, tension and even the widening of the distance between various ethnic groups. That aid agencies distribute humanitarian aid directly to affected communities, to speed up recovery, may often lead to chaos and the intensification of ethnic sentiments. The new distribution mechanisms introduced for the delivery of tsunami aid in Ampara District, Sri Lanka, did not recognise local networks and the culture of the ethnically mixed community setting. This paper analyses post-tsunami aid distribution in Ampara and shows how such an extemporised effort in an ethnically cognisant context increased ethnic division, inequality and disorder, while marginalising the poor segments of the affected population. It recommends the inclusion of local networks in aid dissemination as a measure for improving ethnic neutrality and social harmony in disaster-hit multi-ethnic communities.     

16届亚运会期间广州城区PM2.5化学组分特征及其对霾天气的影响

于2010年11月4～30日在广州城区每天昼夜各采集一个PM2.5样品.对样品进行有机碳、元素碳和水溶性离子分析,同步收集了在线PM2.5浓度、大气消光系数(bext)以及气象因子,探讨了PM2.5特征及其与大气消光系数的关系,并利用修正后的IMPROVE消光系数方程重建大气消光系数.结果发现:亚运期间PM2.5日均值质量浓度为(77.0±24.4)μg·m-3,比亚运前低27.8%.PM2.5和相对湿度是导致霾天气的重要因素.亚运期间大气消光系数为418 Mm-1,比亚运前低28.3%,(NH4)2SO4、POM(particulate organic material)和LAC(light-absorbing carbon)是主要贡献因子,贡献率达到87.0%.广州及其周边城市采取的减排措施对于缓解亚运期间广州城区的霾天气作用明显.     

Chemical compositions and radiative properties of dust and anthropogenic air masses study in Taipei Basin, Taiwan, during spring of 2004

Asia is one of the major sources of not only mineral dust but also anthropogenic aerosols. Continental air masses associated with the East Asian winter monsoon always contain high contents of mineral dust and anthropogenic species and transported southeastward to Taiwan, which have significant influences on global atmospheric radiation transfer directly by scattering and absorbing solar radiation in each spring. However, few measurements for the long-range transported aerosol and its optical properties were announced in this area, between the Western Pacific and the southeastern coast of Mainland China. The overall objective of this work is to quantify the optical characteristics of different aerosol types in the Eastern Asian. In order to achieve this objective, meteorological parameters, concentrations of PM₁₀ and its soluble species, and optical property of atmospheric scattering coefficients were measured continuously with 1 h time-resolved from 11 February to 7 April 2004 in Taipei Basin (25°00′N, 121°32′E). In this work, the dramatic changes of meteorological parameters such as temperature and winds were used to determine the influenced period of each air mass. Continental, strong continental, marine, and stagnant air masses defined by the back-trajectory analysis and local meteorology were further characterized as long-range transport pollution, dust, clean marine, and local pollution aerosols, respectively, according to the diagnostic ratios. The aerosol mass scattering efficiency of continental pollution, dust, clean marine, and local pollution aerosols were ranged from 1.3 to 1.6, 0.7 to 1.0, 1.4 and 1.4 to 2.3 m² g⁻¹, respectively. Overall, there are two distinct populations of aerosol mass scattering efficiencies, one for an aerosol chemical composition dominated by dust (<1.0 m² g⁻¹) and the other for an aerosol chemical composition dominated by anthropogenic pollutants (1.3–2.3 m² g⁻¹), which were similar to the previous measurements with high degree of temporal resolution.     

广州市环境空气监测与预警体系在亚运会中的应用

本文以2010年广州亚运会空气质量监测保障为例,从广州市环境空气质量监测网络、空气质量预报、预警体系和环境质量会商及信息发布管理机制等方面,介绍了广州市环境空气监测与预警体系。通过2010年广州亚运会空气质量保障监测实践,证明广州市环境空气监测与预警体系是适应广州环境保护工作发展,并能满足特殊环境空气质量保障目标需求,具有示范作用和可供全国中心城市借鉴的先进的环境空气质量监测与预警体系。     

祁连地块中元古代火山岩地球化学特征

分布于祁连造山带中祁连地块东端北缘的中元古代皋兰岩群火山岩为一套以基性—中基性—中酸性火山岩组合的浅变质岩,通过岩石组合、岩石化学、稀土及微量元素地球化学的综合分析研究,认为该套火山岩产于陆缘弧及弧后活动盆地的构造环境。     

论南岭东段钨多金属矿找矿方向

南岭东段是世界著名的钨多金属矿集中区,是由独特的地质环境构成多种类型的钨矿集中分布区。本文在探讨南岭东段地区钨多金属矿成矿特征、矿床类型、成矿系列及其分布规律的基础上,提出该区钨矿主攻矿床类型为石英脉型、破碎带—石英脉复合型、石英脉—岩体(蚀变花岗岩型和斑岩型)复合型。主攻找矿靶区为:湘赣相邻的桂东—汝城—遂川—崇义交界地区、湘粤相邻的九峰—西坑地区、赣南崇犹余地区、粤北瑶梅师地区、赣南青塘—银坑地区、赣南崎山地区、赣南三南地区、粤北九连山地区。以期为该区新一轮钨锡多金属矿资源调查提供重要理论和实践指导。     

西昆仑山东段石炭纪火山岩岩石地球化学特征及其形成的构造背景

火山岩岩石化学研究表明 ,西昆仑山东段北缘石炭纪火山岩的SiO2 含量在 42 .98%～ 5 0 .78%之间 ,Na2 O +K2 O在 1.5 2 %～ 5 .85 %之间 ,Na2 O/K2 O为 1.5 3～ 5 .86 ,显示出明显的富钠特征。稀土元素特征为 :ΣREE为 (146 .91～ 472 .14)× 10 -6,LREE/HREE为 1.78～ 2 .5 8,δEu为 1.0 4～ 1.15 ,(La/Yb) N 为 3.45～ 5 .32 ,球粒陨石标准化曲线为右倾的弱铕正异常的轻稀土富集型的平滑曲线。微量元素研究结果 :Nb/Ta比值在 15 .96～ 17.99之间 ,Zr/Hf比值在37.2 2～ 41.42之间 ,相对富集大离子亲石元素 (LIL)和高场强元素 (HFS) ,在微量元素N -MORB配分模式图上 ,呈明显的左侧单“隆起”型 ,即大离子亲石元素 (LIL)呈现峰值。Rb -Sr同位素组成研究结果表明 :样品Rb/Sr比值在 0 .0 0 49～ 0 .1314之间 ,表明岩浆在上升过程中受到了地壳物质的混染。综合分析认为 ,该区火山岩具有板内玄武岩的特征 ,应属产于大陆边缘弧后盆地的钠质碱性玄武岩     

崇明东滩海三棱藨草生长期沉积物有机碳含量变化

对长江口崇明东滩(CM-S)海三棱藤草(Scirpus mariqueter)生长期(4～12月)柱样沉积物有机碳含量及变化分析,发现柱样沉积物有机碳含量与温度、海三棱蔗草地上生物量呈显著负相关(p＜0.05).在陆源沉降、温度和海三棱藤草生长、死亡等因素的共同作用下,崇明东滩沉积物有机碳库随时间推移呈明显的"盈""亏"变化.夏季是潮滩沉积物有机碳库的"碳亏"期,秋季9月起,海三棱蔗草死亡分解使得有机碳在沉积物中累积,沉积物碳库进入"碳盈"期.可见死亡倒伏的海三棱藤草是潮滩盐沼带沉积物有机碳库的主要碳源,海三棱蔗草在生长期中通过光合作用所固定的大气碳素在生长末期输送补偿入沉积物有机碳库中.     

东洞庭湖湿地鸟类群落组成分析

2005年7月至2006年7月期间对东洞庭湖湿地鸟类进行了调查,共观察记录到208种,隶属于16目43科,同时对鸟类的区系组成、居留型、生态类型及重点保护鸟类进行了分析.图3,表3,参4.