Linking Salmon Aquaculture Synergies and Trade-Offs on Ecosystem Services to Human Wellbeing Constituents

Salmon aquaculture has emerged as a successful economic industry generating high economic revenues to invest in the development of Chiloe region, Southern Chile. However, salmon aquaculture also consumes a substantial amount of ecosystem services, and the direct and indirect impacts on human wellbeing are still unknown and unexplored. This paper identifies the synergies and trade-offs caused by the salmon industry on a range of ecosystem services. The results show that large economic benefits due to the increase of provisioning ecosystem services are also causing a reduction on regulating and cultural services. Despite the improvement on average income and poverty levels experienced in communities closely associated with the sector, this progress is not large enough and social welfare did not improve substantially over the last decade. The rest of human wellbeing constituents in Chiloe region have not changed significantly compared to the development in the rest of the country.     

Mining compatibility with other projects in Spain: Solutions and benefits

Mining activities are compatible with other activities in space and time if they are developed together and adapted to each other. If permits are required for two projects that are not considered to be compatible, the authorities will be forced to decide which one has prevalence. In the event of conflict or dispute, it is always preferable to attempt to seek compatibility between projects rather than waste time, effort and money on contesting the prevalence decision, as costly and lengthy lawsuits will only delay the development of both projects, with the resulting loss of business opportunities. In this article, technical solutions designed to achieve mining compatibility with other projects are described in terms of benefits and synergies for the projects and benefits for the government that avoid complex decisions and proceedings and optimize revenues.     

Integrating mitigation and adaptation into climate and development policy: three research questions

The potential for developing synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation has become a recent focus of both climate research and policy. Presumably the interest in synergies springs from the appeal of creating win–win situations by implementing a single climate policy option. However, institutional complexity, insufficient opportunities and uncertainty surrounding their efficiency and effectiveness present major challenges to the widespread development of synergies. There are also increasing calls for research to define the optimal mix of mitigation and adaptation. These calls are based on the misguided assumption that there is one single optimal mix of adaptation and mitigation options for all possible scenarios of climate and socio-economic change, notwithstanding uncertainty and irrespective of the diversity of values and preferences in society. In the face of current uncertainty, research is needed to provide guidance on how to develop a socially and economically justifiable mix of mitigation, adaptation and development policy, as well as on which elements would be part of such a mix. Moreover, research is needed to establish the conditions under which the process of mainstreaming can be most effective. Rather than actually developing and implementing specific mitigation and adaptation options, the objective of climate policy should be to facilitate such development and implementation as part of sectoral policies. Finally, analysis needs to focus on the optimal use and expected effectiveness of financial instruments, taking into account the mutual effects between these instruments on the one hand, and national and international sectoral investments and official development assistance on the other.     

Integrating mitigation and adaptation as responses to climate change: a synthesis

Integrating mitigation and adaptation (M&A) is a practical reality for climate change response policy, despite a range of conceptual and methodological challenges. Based on the papers in this special issue, some preliminary findings about appropriate integrated portfolios are offered, along with several implications for climate policy.     

Adaptation and mitigation strategies in agriculture: an analysis of potential synergies

As climate changes due to rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, agriculture will be one of the key human activities affected. Projections show that while overall global food production in the coming decades may keep pace with the food requirements of a growing world population, climate change might worsen existing regional disparities because it will reduce crop yields mostly in lands located at lower latitudes where many developing countries are situated. Strategies to enhance local adaptation capacity are therefore needed to minimize climatic impacts and to maintain regional stability of food production. At the same time, agriculture as a sector offers several opportunities to mitigate the portion of global greenhouse gas emissions that are directly dependent upon land use, land-use change, and land-management techniques. This paper reviews issues of agriculture and climate change, with special attention to adaptation and mitigation. Specifically, as adaptation and mitigation strategies in agriculture are implemented to alleviate the potential negative effects of climate change, key synergies need to be identified, as mitigation practices may compete with modifications to local agricultural practices aimed at maintaining production and income. Under future climate and socio-economic pressures, land managers and farmers will be faced with challenges in regard to selecting those mitigation and adaptation strategies that together meet food, fiber and climate policy requirements.     

BTP-N_2复合气体配比优化及灭火临界条件研究

为了考察一溴三氟丙烯(简称BTP)与氮气(N2)所形成的复合灭火介质的复合比以及不同复合比下的临界灭火条件,开展了以下工作:首先,基于多组分分压原理,探讨了BTP-N2预混技术的可行性;其次,基于燃烧学和气体运动学理论,提出了BTP与N2复合灭火介质的灭火临界条件预测理论模型;再次,依据卤代烷灭火介质的特点和灭火机理,构建了临界灭火试验平台,对不同BTP和N2复合比下的复合气体灭火介质进行灭火临界条件研究;最后,通过实验结果修正和完善预测理论模型。结论:BTP-N2复合灭火介质的灭火临界条件理论值与实验值吻合性较好,因此该预测模型能很好地对复合卤烃灭火介质的临界灭火条件进行估算,为研究卤烃气体与惰性气体复合灭火介质的灭火机理及研发高效清洁灭火介质奠定了基础。     

泥炭吸附水中Pb^2＋的研究

试验研究了泥炭对Pb^2＋的等温吸附特征,并探讨了泥炭的质量浓度,pH值,共存Cu^2＋对其吸附Pb^2＋性能的影响。结果表明：其吸附特征符合Freund lich等温吸附;泥炭对Pb^2＋及存在Cu^2＋干扰时吸附的最佳pH分别为5,6;最大吸附容量分别为59.41 mg/g,76.38 mg/g,且存在Cu^2＋干扰时,泥炭对Pb^2＋的吸附率始终较只存在Pb^2＋时大,当泥炭量为12 g时,吸附率分别为95.2%、93.5%,说明Cu^2＋的存在促进了泥炭对Pb^2＋的吸附。