鄱阳湖流域生态修复的理论、方法及其应用

在鄱阳湖流域生态修复中,坚持“保护优先,自然恢复为主,人工修复遵循客观规律”的修复方法：（1）对具有典型意义的生态系统,划定保护区,加强管理,保护濒危物种,增加生物多样性;（2）对中、轻度损害的生态系统,实行封育保护,减轻负荷压力,利用生态系统自组织功能,自然恢复为主;（3）对于严重损害的生态系统,遵循生态系统生长发育的自然规律,采取人工措施修复或重建。科学选择了修复策略：（1）以修复植被生态系统为基础和前提,创造条件,利用生态系统的自组织、自修复能力逐步实现微生物、动物的恢复;（2）把生态修复与发展生态经济结合起来,增加群众收入,提高参与生态修复的主动性和积极性。经过20多年的生态修复,鄱阳湖流域森林覆盖率由311%提高到5832%;同时探索出一条可行的技术路线：（1）通过综合科学考察,掌握生态系统受损害的状况和原因,揭示相关生态系统发育、演替的客观规律;（2）着力研究生态恢复的生态学过程与机制,寻求有效的修复方法、措施和模式;（3）自主创新、试验示范、试点先行、样板引领;（4）以生态保护和建设的大项目为载体,全面展开、系统推进     

怒江流域森林资源的本土利用调查与分析

基于怒江流域北段高黎贡山自然保护区周边4个社区的森林资源利用状况详细调查数据,运用建房频率计算农村地区建房周期、气干密度换算薪材材积等方法,分别依本土居民的建材、薪材、围栏（篱）用材和非木材林产品（NWFPs）4种森林资源利用方式,计算、分析怒江流域北段森林资源当地利用的消耗量和消耗结构。结果显示：怒江流域北段建房材消耗量0.10 m³ /a·人,薪材3.87 m³/a·人,农地围栏用材0.019 m³/a·人,年户均采集以菌类和中药材为主的非木材林产品73.95 kg。表明消耗量最大的利用形式是薪材,而非传统认为的建房材和农地围栏材;农村社区木楞房、木片房和农地围栏“长期留存”,而薪材流量大“库存小”的表象,是导致认识偏差的原因。调查社区的地理位置、社区规模和民族组成等在怒江流域北段具较强代表性,结果可为调查区森林资源可持续经营提供参考,也可为高黎贡山（怒江）国家级自然保护区的科学管理提供依据.     

可持续发展与环境伦理的思考

面对环境问题与资源危机,人类社会正面临发展的文明转型.为此我国提出科学发展观,力求全面的可持续发展.我们要转变认识自然的价值观,走出“人类中心论“,构建环境伦理体系.发挥环境伦理的作用和功能,正确处理人与自然的关系,尊重与善待自然,坚持公正补偿、节约、平等和慎行等原则.社会各群体都要负担起环境责任,共同努力,实现可持续发展.     

微生物絮凝剂MBFTRJ21的絮凝机理

筛选得到的乳酸杆菌属(Lactobacillus)具有用量少絮凝效果好等优点.蒽酮反应、考玛斯亮蓝、Elson-Morgan反应表明,絮凝剂MBFTRJ21为粘多糖类高分子絮凝剂;ξ电位测定及氢键和离子键检验结果表明,絮凝剂和碱泥之间的作用力为氢键;絮凝剂的热处理和KIO₄处理表明,其活性成分为蛋白质和糖胺;絮凝过程中粒度分析表明,絮凝过程存在架桥作用.其絮凝机理为:絮凝剂和碱泥在絮凝剂的活性部位--糖胺中的氨基以氢键的形式结合,然后再经过架桥作用絮凝沉淀.     

资源型催化剂净化柴油机尾气

本文使用含有稀土金属和过渡金属元素以及只含有过渡金属元素的矿石制备了多种资源型催化剂,并在柴油机台架上进行筛选和活性评价.结果表明,含有稀土金属和过渡金属复合氧化物的ZC-1号催化剂和只含有过渡金属氧化物,但添加助催化剂的ZC-4号催化剂具有较好的温度特性、空速特性、热稳定性和抗积碳性能,其中ZC-1号催化剂的性能最优.对ZC-1号催化剂进行了700h的使用寿命考察,未见其活性降低。     

“近自然林业”经营法在杉木人工幼林经营中的应用

从1994年起,将“近自然林业”的经营方式应用于杉木人工林的经营中。5a的试验结果表明：与采用常规方法经营杉木相比无论是平均胸高、平均树高、单位面积蓄积量都有大幅度的增长,且立地条件越差增长的幅度越大。用近自然林业经营法经营杉木人工幼林,土壤肥力也得到了维护和提高,表现在土壤生物活性加强,土壤养分增加,交换性能改善,加速了养分的循环和累积。     

Quantifying the extent of protected‐area downgrading,downsizing, and degazettement in Australia

The use of total area protected as the predominant indicator of progress in building protected area (PA) networks is receiving growing criticism. Documenting the full dynamics of PA networks, both in terms of the gains and losses in protection, provides a much more informative approach to tracking progress. To this end, documentation of PA downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) has increased. Studies of PADDD events generally fail to place these losses in the context of gains in protection; therefore, they omit important elements of PA network dynamics. To address this limitation, we used a spatially explicit approach to identify every parcel of land added to and excised from the Australian terrestrial PA network and PAs that had their level of protection changed over 17 years (1997–2014). By quantifying changes in the spatial configuration of the PA network with time‐series data (spatial layers for nine separate time steps), ours is the first assessment of the dynamics (increases and decreases in area and level of protection) of a PA network and the first comprehensive assessment of PADDD in a developed country. We found that the Australian network was highly dynamic; there were 5233 changes in area or level of protection over 17 years. Against a background of enormous increases in area protected, we identified over 1500 PADDD events, which affected over one‐third of the network, which were largely the result of widespread downgrading of protection. We believe our approach provides a mechanism for robust tracking of trends in the world's PAs through the use of data from the World Database on Protected Areas. However, this will require greater transparency and improved data standards in reporting changes to PAs.     

Promoting meaningful and positive nature interactions for visitors to green spaces

The increasing alienation of people from nature is profoundly concerning because people's interactions with nature affect well-being, affinity for nature, and support of biodiversity conservation. Efforts to restore or enhance people's interactions with nature are, therefore, important to ensure sustainable human and wildlife communities, but little is known about how this can be achieved. A key factor that shapes the way people interact with nature is their affinity for nature (often measured as nature relatedness [NR]). We explored how using cues to experience nature as a means to induce NR situationally can influence the quality of people's nature interactions on visits to green spaces and their positive affect after the visit. Cues to experience are cues that guide individuals on how to interact with nature. We surveyed 1023 visitors to a nature reserve to examine the relationships between trait (i.e., stable and long-lasting) and state (i.e., temporary, brief) NR, the quality of nature interactions, and positive affect. We also conducted a controlled experiment in which 303 participants spent 30 min outdoors on campus and reported the quality of their nature interactions and positive affect. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 9 cues-to-experience experimental groups (e.g., smell flowers, observe wildlife, turn off your phone) that differed in the psychological distance from nature that they prompted. Participants who received cues of close psychological distance from nature (e.g., smell and touch natural elements) interacted 3 to 4 times more with nature and reported 0.2 more positive affect than other participants. Our results demonstrate that providing cues to experience nature, which bring people closer to nature and potentially induce state NR, can enhance the quality of people's nature interactions and their positive affect. These results highlight the role of NR in high-quality nature interactions and suggest the use of cues to experience as a promising avenue for inducing state NR and promoting meaningful interactions with biodiversity, thus, reconciling conservation and well-being objectives.     

Lynn White Jr. and the greening‐of‐religion hypothesis

Lynn White Jr.’s “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis,” which was published in Science in 1967, has played a critical role in precipitating interdisciplinary environmental studies. Although White advances a multifaceted argument, most respondents focus on his claim that the Judeo‐Christian tradition, especially Christianity, has promoted anthropocentric attitudes and environmentally destructive behaviors. Decades later, some scholars argue contrarily that Christianity in particular and the world's predominant religions in general are becoming more environmentally friendly, known as the greening‐of‐religion hypothesis. To test these claims, we conducted a comprehensive review of over 700 articles—historical, qualitative, and quantitative—that are pertinent to them. Although definitive conclusions are difficult, we identified many themes and dynamics that hinder environmental understanding and mobilization, including conservative theological orientations and beliefs about the role of divine agency in preventing or promoting natural events, whether the religion is an Abrahamic tradition or originated in Asia. On balance, we found the thrust of White's thesis is supported, whereas the greening‐of‐religion hypothesis is not. We also found that indigenous traditions often foster proenvironmental perceptions. This finding suggests that indigenous traditions may be more likely to be proenvironmental than other religious systems and that some nature‐based cosmologies and value systems function similarly. Although we conclude White's thesis and subsequent claims are largely born out, additional research is needed to better understand under what circumstances and communication strategies religious or other individuals and groups may be more effectively mobilized to respond to contemporary environmental challenges.     

Role of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries in Snow Leopard Conservation

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) inhabits the rugged mountains in 12 countries of Central Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau. Due to poaching, decreased abundance of prey, and habitat degradation, it was listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1972. Current conservation strategies, including nature reserves and incentive programs, have limited capacities to protect snow leopards. We investigated the role of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in snow leopard conservation in the Sanjiangyuan region in China's Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. From 2009 to 2011, we systematically surveyed snow leopards in the Sanjiangyuan region. We used the MaxEnt model to determine the relation of their presence to environmental variables (e.g., elevation, ruggedness) and to predict snow leopard distribution. Model results showed 89,602 km² of snow leopard habitat in the Sanjiangyuan region, of which 7674 km² lay within Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve's core zones. We analyzed the spatial relation between snow leopard habitat and Buddhist monasteries and found that 46% of monasteries were located in snow leopard habitat and 90% were within 5 km of snow leopard habitat. The 336 monasteries in the Sanjiangyuan region could protect more snow leopard habitat (8342 km²) through social norms and active patrols than the nature reserve's core zones. We conducted 144 household interviews to identify local herders’ attitudes and behavior toward snow leopards and other wildlife. Most local herders claimed that they did not kill wildlife, and 42% said they did not kill wildlife because it was a sin in Buddhism. Our results indicate monasteries play an important role in snow leopard conservation. Monastery‐based snow leopard conservation could be extended to other Tibetan Buddhist regions that in total would encompass about 80% of the global range of snow leopards. Papel de los Monasterios Budistas Tibetanos en la Conservación del Leopardo de las Nieves