The Power of Bioenergy‐Related Standards to Protect Biodiversity

Abstract: The sustainable production of bioenergy is vital to avoiding negative impacts on environmental goods such as climate, soil, water, and especially biodiversity. We propose three key issues that should be addressed in any biodiversity risk‐mitigation strategy: conservation of areas of significant biodiversity value; mitigation of negative effects related to indirect land‐use change; and promotion of agricultural practices with few negative impacts on biodiversity. Focusing on biodiversity concerns, we compared principles and criteria set to address biodiversity and other environmental and social issues in seven standards (defined here as commodity‐based standards or roundtables, or relevant European legislation): five voluntary initiatives related to bioenergy feedstocks, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (United Kingdom), and the European Renewable Energy Source Directive. Conservation of areas of significant biodiversity value was fairly well covered by these standards. Nevertheless, mitigation of negative impacts related to indirect land‐use change was underrepresented. Although the EU directive, with its bonus system for the use of degraded land and a subquota system for noncrop biofuels, offered the most robust standards to mitigate potential negative effects, all of the standards fell short in promoting agricultural practices with low negative impacts on biodiversity. We strongly recommend that each standard be benchmarked against related standards, as we have done here, and that efforts should be made to strengthen the elements that are weak or missing. This would be a significant step toward achieving a bioenergy industry that safeguards Earth's living heritage.     

循环经济在苏州高新区的实践

论述了苏州高新区根据科学发展观的要求，坚定发展循环经济的理念；从企业、企业群和社会三个层面全面开展发展循环经济的实践，建设循环型生态工业园；落实“三个机制”，实施“五大创新”，取得经济与环境的双赢，推动了区域社会、经济与环境的协调发展。     

武钢贯彻实施OHSMS标准的探讨

论述了职业安全卫生管理体系(OHSMS)标准在规范安全管理、改善安全生产秩序中的重要保证作用，分析了公司目前的安全生产形势及存在的突出问题，探讨了武钢贯彻实施OHSMS标准的可行性和必要性。     

金堆城钼业公司大气污染综合治理

针对金堆城钼业公司大气污染现状，采取综合治理措施，取得了明显的环境、经济、社会效益。     

保护性耕作对土壤养分及碳库管理指数的影响

2008-2010年在丹江口库区坡耕地进行了保护性耕作试验,观测了不同保护性耕作措施对坡耕地土壤养分和碳库管理指数的影响。结果表明:不同保护性耕作措施在改善土壤养分和碳库管理指数上存在差异",免耕+秸秆覆盖"(NTS)在土壤全量养分和速效养分的保持上均表现出了相对较好的效果。相对于传统的坡耕地种植模式,不同保护性耕作措施可以显著改善土壤碳库管理指数,促使土壤系统向着良性方向转变,其中改善措施以"免耕+秸秆覆盖"(NTS)最为明显,相对传统耕作(T)增加了32.73%,其次为横坡垄作(CSP),最后为免耕(NT)。     

检察机关提起环境公益诉讼理论及实践探索

在环境问题日益凸显的大背景下,环境公益诉讼备受关注。无论是新修订的《民事诉讼法》,还是2015年1月1日起正式实施的《环境保护法》,均首次将环境公益诉讼制度予以确认。党的十八届四中全会明确提出,应探索建立检察机关提起公益诉讼制度。2015年7月2日,经全国人大常委会授权,最高人民检察院对外公布了《检察机关提起公益诉讼试点方案》,环境公益诉讼迎来新的篇章。但是,检察机关提起环境公益诉讼虽优势明显,却任重道远,相关制度与机制仍在试点与完善之中。因此,本文就检察机关提起环境公益诉讼的理论与实践进行梳理,以对此问题做有益探索。     

矿业遗迹保护研究--以浙江遂昌金矿国家矿山公园为例

资源枯竭型矿业城市的经济转型问题是日前非常受关注的热点问题。保护好矿区内存留的矿业遗迹，建立矿山公园，是该类矿业城市进行经济转型实现可持续发展的最佳选择之一。矿业遗迹是矿山公园的核心景观，探讨矿业遗迹保护的理论与实践，对矿山公园建设意义重大。本文以浙江遂昌金矿国家矿山公园为例，对矿区内各类矿业遗迹进行科学全面的分类与等级评价．探讨矿业遗迹保护的理论与原则，提出保护模式及具体的保护措施。文中结合实例进行的矿业遗迹保护理论与实践的综合性探索研究。对我国矿业遗迹保护和矿山公园建设具有一定的借鉴意义。     

在大学英语教学中培养学生语感的重要性与方法探究

本文首先介绍了“语感”的概念和意义，强调了语感是对语言内涵的感受与体验的一种外在表现，是人们在长期的语言实践中形成的对语言文字敏锐、丰富的感受领悟能力。然后从多角度分析了在英语教学中培养学生英语语感的重要性。最后阐述并探讨了如何在教学中培养学生的英语语感。     

Definitions and organizational practice of sustainability in the for-profit sector of Nova Scotia

The term “sustainability” has been a part of local, national, and international environmental discussions for well over a decade. First legitimized by the United Nations in 1987 with the release of the Brundtland Commission and Our Common Future (WCED, 1987), the term “sustainability” is now often used in more mainstream contexts. However, given our continued global ecological decline (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005), the question remains: do decision makers within organizations really have a clear idea of what sustainability is? Further, are they able to communicate that vision in such a way as it can be operationalized within their organizations?Organizations are faced with a high degree of uncertainty when attempting to move towards sustainability. The immense amount of literature and information available about the concept is daunting, especially for harried managers of small businesses who must respond to many competing needs and interests. Although many concepts, frameworks, and tools are available for business executives to use, there have been relatively less attempts to develop a rigorous, applied definition of sustainability that can be clearly understood, implemented, and measured within and across organizations. Given the abundance of concepts, frameworks, and tools, with the corresponding dearth of overarching frameworks, one may wonder what are executives learning from all this literature, and how it is being diffused into strategy, planning, and operations? This study aims to gain insight into executives’ thinking around definitions and the implementation of sustainability practices in Nova Scotia. The findings of this study indicate that there are three key relationships of significance in this area including: type of definition and ease of articulation; type of definition and type of experience; and type of definition, type of experience, and integration of strategic and operational planning.     

平果铝业公司创建安全生产标准化企业的经验

简述了平果铝业公司创建安全生产标准化企业的历程，及开展此项活动的效果、体会，强调了安全生产标准化创建活动是促进企业安全管理的有效手段，并提出对安全生产标准化内涵的理解。