The ‘hidden’ social costs of forestry offsets

The article quantifies the size of ‘hidden’ social costs that are incurred by forestry offsets in the voluntary market that promise to offset present emissions sometime in the future. It does this by estimating the difference between the social costs of carbon (C) emitted and of costs offset by removal of C from the atmosphere by reforestation/afforestation. All current attempts to make forestry offsets more reliable focus on quality control rather than the mismatch of the timing of emissions and their offset. Recommendations that follow from the analysis are twofold. First, that markets for carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) removals by voluntary offsets should be confined to the annual incremental removals actually achieved. Second, the promoters of voluntary offsets projects should declare the annual stream of carbon credits and debits expected so that buyers can place a present value on such projects.     

Soil bound residues of carbaryl and 1‐naphthol: Release and mineralization in soil,and uptake by plants

Abstract

¹⁴C‐carbaryl and ¹⁴C‐1‐naphthol form soil bound residues which get partially released when barley was grown. ¹⁴C‐residues could be detected in both shoot and root in the case of carbaryl treatment while only roots showed ¹⁴C‐residues in the case of 1‐naphthol. Flooding enhanced release of the bound residues while soil amendment did not. There was greater mineralization of bound residues of carbaryl than that of 1‐naphthol. Rice straw amendment enhanced mineralization.     

切顶卸压自成巷的连续-非连续方法模拟及切缝倾角的影响*

为克服利用连续方法或非连续方法模拟切顶卸压自成巷过程的不足,采用自主研发的适于模拟连续介质向非连续介质转化或非连续介质进一步演化的拉格朗日元与离散元耦合连续-非连续方法,提出基于高斯求积公式的势接触力计算方法以提高计算效率,通过考察剪裂纹和拉裂纹的时空分布和煤层支承压力的演化规律,研究不同切缝倾角时切顶卸压自成巷过程,并考虑右巷(胶运巷)的锚杆原始支护、锚索补强支护和液压元件的临时支护。研究结果表明:切缝倾角越大,右巷顶板完整性越好,这是由于当倾角较大时切缝尖端发展出的裂纹促进采空区顶板冒落,从而阻隔采场压力向右巷顶板传递;左巷顶板的冒落越严重;切缝倾角以10°为宜。     

起伏管道积水运动特征实验研究*

为研究油流携水过程中的积水运动特性,明确排除积水临界条件。以0#柴油、自来水为实验介质,利用内径（D）为50,80 mm,上倾倾角（β）为1°,5°,10°的水平-上倾实验环道,对表观油速（Uos）为0.25 m/s、无量纲水相高度（h/D）在0.5范围内,油流剪切作用下的管道积水运动特征进行实验。研究结果表明:积水流型随表观油速、无量纲水相高度、上倾倾角的增大由光滑分层流逐渐向波状分层流、液滴分层流过渡,其中表观油速影响最为显著;积水爬坡距离随表观油速增加而显著增加,随上倾倾角增大而减小,随无量纲水相高度减小而减小;实验说明弗劳德相似准则能较为准确地预测起伏管道中积水携带临界表观油速;由弗劳德相似准则预测可知,内径为489 mm管道积水排除的临界表观油速约为1.60 m/s,研究结果对减少管道内腐蚀有一定指导意义。     

杀灭硫酸盐还原菌的药剂复配与杀菌效果研究

将杀菌剂A与B进行复配,测定各个不同复配比例的最低杀灭浓度,得知,当A∶B=10∶1时,对耐药型SRB的杀菌效果最好,也好于单独使用ME、BQ3和1227的杀菌效果。把按照A:B=10:1的比例配成的药剂记为JH1杀菌剂。再将杀菌剂A与B进行复配,得出杀菌效果最好的配比JH2(A∶B=20∶1)。对比JH1和JH2可知,杀灭培养基和现场水样中的具有耐药性或非耐药性的游离和固着型SRB,JH1均优于JH2。     

基于犹豫直觉模糊集-TOPSIS的危险品多式联运风险评估

为了对危险品的多式联运系统风险进行评估,首先在"人、机、管、环"4M理论的基础上,将多式联运中"转运"这一特殊流程考虑进去,以"人、机、管、环、转运"这5个因素作为决策问题中的属性;其次,采用犹豫直觉模糊语言集为决策者的初始决策矩阵赋值,并利用均值-标准差的汉明距离来衡量两个犹豫直觉模糊语言数之间的距离;然后,以危险品多式联运系统中的风险为标准,采用基于犹豫直觉模糊语言集的TOPSIS方法进行不同方案的决策。最后,以磷酸在宜昌-衢州之间的运输为案例,对4种常用运输方案进行风险评估,以综合评价指数进行对比。结果表明,在先水路后铁路、先水路后公路、先公路后铁路、先铁路后公路4种方案中,从宜昌到衢州之间先公路后铁路的运输方式所得综合评价值最高,应选择方案3。     

An integrated assessment model of carbon sequestration benefits: a case study of Liping county, China

This research attempts to model the complexity of planting trees to increase China's CO(2) sequestration potential by using a GIS-based integrated assessment (IA) approach. We use the IA model to assess the impact of China's Grain for Green reforestation and afforestation program on farmer and state incomes as well as CO(2) sequestration in Liping County, Guizhou Province. The IA model consists of five sub-models for carbon sequestration, crop income, timber income, Grain for Green, and carbon credits. It also includes a complementary qualitative module for assessing program impacts by gender and ethnicity. Using four scenarios with various assumptions about types of trees planted, crop incomes by township, CO(2) credit prices, state subsidies, methods for estimating carbon sequestered, and harvesting of trees, we find great variation in the impact of the Grain for Green program on incomes and on carbon sequestered over a 48 year period at both the county and township levels.     

Genetic Structure of Herpetofauna on Halmahera Island,Indonesia: Implications for Aketajawe‐Lolobata National Park

Abstract: Genetic variation within species—a priority for biodiversity conservation—is influenced by natural selection, demography, and stochastic events such as genetic drift. We evaluated the role of these factors in 14 codistributed species of reptiles and amphibians on the Indonesian island of Halmahera by testing whether their molecular variation was correlated with geographic distance, ecology, riverine barriers, or Halmahera's paleoisland precursors. We found support for isolation by distance effects in four species. Two of these four were also significantly affected either by rivers or by ecology. A fifth species was significantly affected by ecology and a sixth was significantly affected by Halmahera's paleoislands. [Correction added after publication 9 December 2009: the previous sentence was edited for clarity.] These findings—the most comprehensive survey of multispecies genetic variation on Halmahera to date—bode well for the efficacy of the recently established Aketajawe‐Lolobata National Park in conserving a substantial component of vertebrate genetic variation on this island. Future success of conservation efforts will depend crucially, of course, on funding for and enforcement of conservation management of this park.     

粪尿分集全方位负压排臭生态卫生旱厕应用实例

介绍了粪尿分集生态卫生旱厕的特点及应用效果，该厕能节约和保护水资源，排泄物可再次利用，能形成可持续的完整的生态系统。具有较好的发展前景。     

The impacts of local farming system development trajectories on greenhouse gas emissions in the northern mountains of Vietnam

The northern mountain region of Vietnam (NMR) is dominated by swidden/fallow farming systems. The fallow land of these systems is populated by small trees and bushes. Since the 1960s the government of Vietnam has tried to limit or stop swiddening and replace it with permanent upland agricultural fields, paddy, fruit trees and animal husbandry. Discussion in the policy debate and literature focuses on the impacts these changes have on local people’s livelihoods. There have been no attempts to evaluate the impact of these changes on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper examines the realities of current farming system changes taking place at the hamlet level and other changes that could take place due to government land use policies and extension programs. The paper answers the following questions: How could farming system changes influence net GHGs? Which farming system changes in the NMR, the trajectories of changes that are currently observed or those that would be followed if farmers adhere strictly to government policies and programs, will have a greater affect on the GHG contributions from agriculture in the region? Could ‘clean development mechanism’ (CDM) projects make a difference in the profitability of the pathways mentioned? Results show: (1) if farming systems in the NMR continue along currently observed change trajectories there will be increases in GHG emissions; (2) if the NMR farming systems change according to government policies and programs there will be a net sequestration of carbon in regrowing vegetation during the initial 20 years; (3) over the longer term, in areas where systems change to fit government policies, increased GHG emissions from other changes in the farming systems (e.g. increased paddy and increased pig raising in sties) will overtake the amounts of carbon sequestered in vegetation; (4) CMD projects only make a difference if (a) maximum biomass potential of regrowing fallow can be reached; (b) a favourable baseline is chosen; (c) timing and length of the accounting period is correct; and (d) farmers do not take compensatory action in response to government policies. Given these conditions it does not appear that currently envisioned clean development mechanisms would be beneficial to farmers in the NMR.