Making Capacity Building Meaningful: A Framework for Strategic Action

This paper aims to give practical meaning to ‘capacity building’ through (a) identifying a suite of practical measures, such as mentoring or best practice guidelines, that have been shown to or are considered to build human, social, institutional, and economic capital; (b) placing these measures within a broader systems framework; and (c) exploring stakeholder feedback on specific measures to inform framework implementation. The 29 measures described provide actors, whether government or nongovernment, with a suite of practical investment choices for building capacity. These measures are then clustered into eight groups according to their primary purpose and placed within a systems framework. The framework provides a tool for actors with responsibilities for or an interest in capacity building to inform more holistic and strategic targeting of effort and investment. Stakeholder feedback gathered through surveys and workshops is subsequently reported to further inform implementation of specific measures within the framework’s eight groupings. The framework presented may be built upon through the identification and inclusion of further capacity building measures. The research is conducted within the context of decentralized governance arrangements for natural resource management (NRM), with specific focus on Australia’s recently formalized 56 NRM regions and their community-based governing boards as an informative arena of learning. Application of the framework is explored in the Australian setting through the identification and comparison of measures supported and most preferred by four major stakeholder groups, namely board members, regional NRM organization staff, policy/research interests, and Indigenous interests. The research also examines stakeholder perceptions of capacity issues, and whether these issues are likely to be addressed through implementing their preferred measures.

萘普生在氯消毒过程中的去除、转化与风险评价

药用活性化合物（PhACs）在氯消毒过程中生成消毒副产物的问题引起了广泛关注.以典型PhACs物质萘普生（NAP）为研究对象,考察各因素对游离氯与NAP反应的影响,探究NAP氯化机制并进行风险评估.结果表明,NAP氯化反应遵循一级反应动力学,NAP在氯化过程中的降解率和反应速率常数随着NAP初始浓度和氨根离子投加量的增加而降低,随着游离氯初始浓度的增加而增大,酸性条件下更有利于NAP的氯化反应.基于HPLC-MS/MS分析鉴定出5种含氯降解中间产物,并提出氯化NAP反应机制.ESCOAR风险预测和发光菌毒性分析表明氯化NAP过程中生成了毒性更高的中间产物,对饮用水安全可能构成潜在威胁.     

成晶节杆菌NT16和共生芽孢杆菌NG16联合代谢1-萘酚的特性

1-萘酚是多环芳烃降解过程中极易积累的典型含氧多环芳烃,其难降解、毒性大,直接影响多环芳烃污染环境的修复效果.为探究微生物联合代谢1-萘酚的特性,以前期从含氧多环芳烃污染土壤中分离出的两种共生菌株——成晶节杆菌NT16和芽孢杆菌NG16为受试菌株,结合HPLC、TOC、GC-MS等测定方法进行降解特性的测定.结果表明,NT16菌和NG16菌均能以1-萘酚为唯一碳源和能源生长,两种菌株联合代谢比NT16菌、NG16菌单独降解1-萘酚的生长量分别高2.758×10~9 cfu·mL~(-1)和1.4×10~9 cfu·mL~(-1),对1-萘酚的降解率可提高20%,使体系中TOC值加速降低.NT16菌和NG16菌联合代谢1-萘酚可按照两个途径进行,其一,1-萘酚羟化后开环,进入邻苯二甲酸代谢途径.NT16菌更易进入该途径,而NG16菌则不易通过该途径降解1-萘酚;其二,1-萘酚羟化后开环,进入苯丙酸代谢途径.NG16菌迅速将1-萘酚降解为对羟基苯乙酸,其在降解体系中积累,NT16菌无法高效降解1-萘酚却能够降解对羟基苯乙酸至较短烷基链的小分子化合物.该研究结果将为含氧多环芳烃污染环境实际修复中微生物群落协同作用降解污染物奠定基础.     

零价铁活化过硫酸盐降解污水中萘普生的研究

为了提高零价铁(ZVI)活化过硫酸盐(PS)的ZVI/PS体系对有机污染物萘普生(NAP)处理的技术水平,即实现对污水中NAP的有效降解.采用对比试验,通过设置不同投加量的PS与ZVI的方式,观察在不同酸碱度条件下NAP的降解量.研究结果表明,酸性条件下,当PS投加量为0.5mM或ZVI投加量为1.50mM时,NAP的...