Forests in the time of peace

ABSTRACT

The signing of Colombia’s peace agreement in 2016 signaled the end of a decades-long war between the government and the FARC (Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), but also an emerging assault against the country’s forests. This article aims to understand the interactions between forests and peace. In doing so, it traces landscape transformations of deforestation and possibilities for making landscapes livable in the midst of disturbance. Drawing on field research, including interviews and participant observation carried out in Colombia from 2016 to 2018, it reveals how deforestation is driven by ongoing colonization and land grabbing, mostly dedicated to extensive cattle ranching, coca cultivation, and campesinos’ transition to ‘licit’ agricultural alternatives. The article also shows how emerging coordination among farmers and forests following forest disturbance contributes to an interpretation of peace in which forests are integral. The article concludes with a call to incorporate forests in the construction of peace.     

How Kentish plovers,<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Charadrius alexandrinus</Emphasis>, cope with heat stress during incubation

Biparental incubation is frequent among shorebirds and is expected when the survival prospects of offspring increase relative to uniparental incubation. To understand why this occurs, it is important to identify the factors that constrain uniparental incubation. It is assumed that birds choose nesting sites that provide an appropriate microclimate for incubation. Many shorebirds nest in sites with no or little cover, where ambient temperatures at ground level might be >50°C during very hot days. Shorebirds nest in exposed sites because predation risk on incubating adults is higher in covered sites. In hot environments, incubating shorebirds might experience heat stress in exposed sites, and this may compromise nesting success if adults are unable to attend their nests continuously, limiting the possibilities of uniparental incubation and thus the expression of a sexual conflict over incubation. The operative temperatures of Kentish plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus) were recorded in exposed and covered sites, and the thermal behaviour and incubating tactics of pair members were studied in a hot environment. During the hottest part of the day, there was a difference of 10–15°C in the operative temperatures of plovers between covered and exposed sites. Plovers in covered sites did not exhibit any thermoregulatory behaviour indicative of thermal stress, probably because the thermal range encountered by them in such places during most of the daytime was close to the thermo-neutral zone. The frequency with which plovers in exposed sites exhibited thermoregulatory behaviour was related to ambient temperature. Under very hot conditions, incubating birds were probably unable to maintain homeostasis for long periods and pair members resorted to shortening incubation bouts. Female Kentish plovers mainly incubate in the daytime and males during the night. However, the probability of diurnal incubation by males increased with ambient temperature in exposed nests, but not in covered ones. In fact, the frequency of participation in diurnal incubation by males was greater in exposed than in covered sites, suggesting that the participation of males in diurnal incubation may be related to the inability of females to stay at the nest during long periods when the ambient temperature is high. Even after resorting to shortened incubation bouts, the plovers may be unable to attend their nests continuously during heat waves, and the nests may be deserted. The propensity of plovers to desert their nests was affected by proximity to water, with nests located close to water being deserted less frequently. It seems likely that susceptibility to thermal stress changed in relation to proximity to water because in sites close to water it was possible to belly-soak, which would allow a more continuous nest attendance. Therefore, despite the adoption of behavioural solutions to face heavy heat loads, nesting success was vulnerable to these solutions because heat stress during extended periods may constrain parental nest attendance, and this may limit the opportunities for sexual conflicts over incubation.Communicated by J. Graves     

Decolorisation of Acid Blue 74 by ultraviolet/H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The photodegradation of Acid blue 74 in aqueous solution employing a H₂O₂/ultraviolet system in a photochemical reactor was investigated. The kinetics of decolorization were studied by application of a kinetic model. The results show that the reaction of decolorization followed pseudo-first order kinetics. We demonstrate that there is an optimum H₂O₂ concentration, at which the rate of the decolorization reaction is maximum. Irradiation at 253.7 nm of the dye solution in the presence of H₂O₂ results in complete discoloration after ten minutes of treatment.     

乙草胺和丁草胺在土壤中的紫外光化学降解

采用实验室模拟实验研究了水分、pH值和表面活性剂对乙草胺和丁草胺在土壤中的紫外光降解行为的影响。结果表明，在湿度80％的土壤中，丁草胺和乙草胺的光解深度及光解速率均大于无水条件。随土壤pH值的增大，丁草胺在土壤中的光降解速率加快和光解深度加深。低浓度的阴 离子表面活性剂十二烷基苯磺酸钠（DDBS）促进丁草胺在土壤中的光解，使丁草胺在土壤中的光解深度增加。高浓度的DDBS对丁草胺在土壤中的光解有阻碍作用。阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（HDTMA）对丁草胺在土壤中的光解也有阻碍作用。     

污水土地处理水旱轮作条件下碳素在土层中迁移特征的模拟实验

为了解污水土地处理过程 中不同土壤类型土壤溶液Ｐ含量和迁移特征，在一种特殊２的大型人工模拟土层和地下水实验装置中进行试验。研究结果表明：水田条件下１．５ｍ～０．５ｍ土壤溶液Ｐ含量极低（≤０．０２ｍｇ／Ｌ），但在旱地条件下，Ｐ含量上升至０．０４５ｍｇ／Ｌ～０．６２８ｍｇ／Ｌ，Ｐ素随入渗污水向下迁移距离可达１．１ｍ。在低水力负荷率和较长停留时间的运行条件下，１．３ｍ以下土壤溶液和地下水的Ｐ含量处于安全     

文山州畜禽养殖业污染现状调查研究

对文山州2002年畜禽养殖业污染现状进行了调查,针对畜禽养殖污染存在的问题,提出了畜禽养殖污染防治的对策措施和建议.     

热泵蒸馏应用于橡胶助剂废水预处理的研究

橡胶助剂废水属于难处理的工业废水，尤其是CBS（N－环己基－2－苯并噻唑次磺酰胺，英文名N－cyclohexy1-2-benzoth-iazole sulfonamide，简称Accelerator CBS)生产废水的COD达40000mg/L，并且含有杂环类有害化合物，难降解，难生化。经过絮凝沉淀、化学氧化、电化学法、吸附法等实验方法，处理效果都不是十分理想。采用热泵蒸馏技术对橡胶促进剂CBS的废水进行预处理实验，可使CBS废水的COD从40000mg/L降至1600mg/L，结果表明，该技术设备简单，投资少，操作方便，运行成本低，并能达到较理想的预处理效果。     

pH校正最小二乘紫外分光光度法同时测定喹啉异喹啉和萘

利用ｐＨ校正最小二乘算法（ｐＨ—ＣＬＳ）对焦化废水中的喹啉、异喹啉、萘三组分进行了同时测定。在２９０～３４０ｎｍ范围内苯酚、三甲基吡啶及苯系物不干优测定。ｐＨ—ＣＬＳ法既可简化分析步骤又可提高准确度。     

官渡区猪牛养殖污染现状分析

官渡区养殖猪牛共计达21174头,年排放污水达26169t,对环境造成了污染.应针对存在问题,加强农业产业规划引导,加强养殖粪便的治理管理,规划畜禽粪便产业化,鼓励采用现代养殖企业管理办法,以加强对猪牛养殖污染的防治.     

阜蒙县畜禽养殖业污染现状及控制对策

为了了解阜蒙县畜禽养殖业的现状，掌握畜禽养殖业污染特点，对养殖业污染进行了监测，结果表明畜禽养殖造成了对大气和地下水的污染，于是对此提出了控制污染的对策。