Too small to count? Making Land Use Transformations in Chiquitano communities of San Ignacio de Velasco,East Bolivia,visible

ABSTRACT

The Santa Cruz lowlands, east Bolivia, are one of South America’s most dynamic agricultural frontiers. In the Chiquitania, bordering Brazil, San Ignacio de Velasco was in 2017 ranked first nationally in terms of deforestation. There, two deforestation fronts meet with mechanized agriculture expanding from the West and South and cattle ranching from the East. Chiquitano communities are demographically dominant locally but often face land scarcity. Because of their comparatively low impact on forest vegetation, they are not well represented in broad-scale quantitative Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) studies. Based on an empirical, human geographical approach, this paper investigates the transformation of the local indigenous productive matrix, the associated land-use patterns and potential socio-ecological implications. The overall aim is to bear witness to the rapid and profound reconfiguration of traditional livelihoods with their integration in the market economy and to highlight the significance of micro-scale LULC-processes at global scale.     

云南元谋干热河谷区不同岩土类型荒山植被恢复研究

云南元谋干热河谷周低山区不同岩土组成的坡地的土壤水份环境差异较大，因而植被恢复模式应有区别，砾石层阶地丘陵坡地壤水分环境最为湿润，适宜恢复较完密的森林植被；片岩和半成岩砂砾岩低山坡地次之，适宜恢复疏林灌草植被；泥岩低山坡地最差，适宜恢复稀树灌草植被。     

Chemical defense of a primitive Australian bombardier beetle (Carabidae):Mystropomus regularis

Summary The Australian bombardier beetle,Mystropomus regularis, sprays a mixture of quinones (1,4-benzoquinone, 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 2-ethyl-1,4-benzoquinone) and hydrocarbons (principallyn-pentadecane). The defensive fluid ist generated explosively in two-chambered glands, and is ejected audibly and hot (maximal recorded temperature = 59°C).Mystropomus is a member of the paussoid lineage of bombardiers. In common with other members of the group, it has a pair of elytral flanges (flanges of Coanda), associated with the gland openings, that serve as launching guides for anteriorly-aimed ejections of spray. It is argued thatMystropomus may be the least derived of flanged paussoids, and the closest living relative of the most primitive of extant bombardiers (Metriini).Paper no. 101 of the series Defense Mechanisms of Arthropods; no. 100 is Attygalleet al. J Chem Ecol 17: 805 (1991)     

内陆湿热地区机场环境谱编制

目的编制内陆湿热地区机场环境谱。方法分析影响飞机(直升机)日历寿命的地面主要环境因素,确定内陆湿热地区环境因素数据监测项目,以机场气象环境因素为基础,以现场测量化学环境因素为补充,编制机场环境谱,通过机场地区整体环境特性分析验证环境谱的有效性。结果机场环境均具有典型的内陆湿热地区非工业环境特点,大气腐蚀性等级中等(C3级)。结论量化了内陆湿热地区服役直升机面临的使用环境,为内陆湿热地区直升机环境适应性考核验证和腐蚀防护设计提供输入。     

华北平原地下热水矿床分布规律及形成

我国华北平原分布有大小不等、形状各异的地下热水矿床;赋存于石灰岩地层形成的地质构造凸起部位的地下热水富水性好,井产水量大,自喷能力强,水质好,矿化度低,温度高,具有较高的开发利用价值。华北平原地下热水的热源与第三纪侵入的火成岩无关。地下热水的补给来源是山区大气降水渗入地下经过较大的构造断裂带和碳酸盐岩地层岩溶溶洞、断裂裂隙深循环以后形成的。地下热水的温度主要取决于水循环的深度。     

改性纤维球处理武钢热轧含油废水中试研究

在武钢热轧水处理车间,采用改性纤维球过滤技术,进行了规模为8m3/h的含油废水中试研究。中试装置连续运行了90d,过滤后出水水质为:含油≤5mg/L,悬浮物<7mg/L;反洗水回流到平流沉淀池循环处理。试验结果表明,改性纤维球是一种优良的过滤材料,截污容量大,容易再生,处理后的水质基本达到生产用水要求。     

加强安全管理 提高安全生产水平

搞好安全生产 ,防止事故 ,必须从加强企业的安全管理入手。本文提出采用有效的安全管理方法 ,建立和实施职业安全卫生管理体系标准 ,健全各项安全管理制度并狠抓落实 ,使企业逐步走向安全管理标准化     

Implementing second-best environmental policy under adverse selection

A key obstacle to practical application of mechanism design theory to regulation is the difficulty of obtaining consistent beliefs regarding information that theoretical models assume to be commonly held. This article presents a solution to this problem by developing an easily implemented empirical methodology with which the government can use available data to develop beliefs regarding the technology and distribution of types in a regulated sector characterized by hidden information. Results are used to calibrate a second-best land conservation mechanism and evaluate its cost relative to simpler alternatives.     

区域温泉旅游开发适宜性分析及其对策

以湖南省为例研究了温泉资源旅游开发适宜性,论文严格按照旅游系统的旅游目的地系统、旅游出行系统和旅游客源地系统三大子系统构建了评价指标体系及其评价模型。旅游目的地系统包括温泉资源禀赋和区域环境两个方面;根据可能的客源市场位置范围,以各温泉点为中心,以限定的半径圈内计算任意点出行到温泉的平均时间作为旅游出行系统的指标;由于受温泉资源游客容量和旅游吸引度的局限性,绝大数客源市场被限定在4 h 出行区域,区域内的县级城镇作为温泉客源市场。采用AHP分析法和熵值法相结合确定各指标的权重,计算得到湖南省温泉旅游资源开发适宜性的综合值,并把湖南90 个温泉资源开发适宜性划分为高适宜性、较适宜性及不适宜性三种类型。文中最后针对各类型温泉资源提出了相应的开发建议。     

Salivary cortisol and cortisone levels,and breast milk dioxin concentrations in Vietnamese primiparas

There is a great deal of concern regarding the adverse effects of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) present in Agent Orange and other herbicides on Vietnam's population and ecosystems. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of dioxin exposure on adrenal steroids in saliva, and dioxin levels in breast milk, of primiparas in an Agent Orange/dioxin hot-spot and a non-exposed area in Vietnam on the basis of epidemiological research. The subjects were 35 lactating women who had recently given birth to their first or second child. A further sub-study involved eight primiparas from each area. All subjects were aged between 20 and 30 years with infants aged between 4 and 16 weeks. The mean concentration of PCDD, PCDF, and PCDD?+?PCDF toxic equivalents (TEQ) in breast milk in the hot-spot area was significantly higher than in the non-exposed area. Cortisol and cortisone levels in the saliva of primiparas in the hot-spot area were also significantly higher than those in the non-exposed area. There was a significant negative correlation between cortisol and the cortisol/cortisone ratio and PCDD?+?PCDF and PCDF TEQ levels in the hot-spot area. Furthermore, the correlation between cortisol and cortisone and the PCDD + PCDF, PCDD, and PCDF TEQ in the combination of hot spot + non-exposed area was significant according to the curve (bell style). Our results suggest that Agent Orange/dioxin exposure still exerts a major influence on the salivary hormones of the Vietnamese population.