Drivers of afforestation in Northern Vietnam: Assessing local variations using geographically weighted regression

This article identifies drivers of forest transition in a province of Northern Vietnam between 1993 and 2000 by applying geographically weighted regression (GWR) analysis to remotely sensed and statistical data. The regression model highlighted the spatial variation of the relationship between the percentage of land afforested and its proximate causes. Factors identified as having a major impact on afforestation are: the presence or proximity of a wood-processing industry, the distance to highways, and land allocation to households. Whereas the two former variables are in most areas of the province positively correlated with afforestation, an unexpected negative correlation was observed for the latter. The analysis of these results, supported by an in-depth knowledge of the area and of the political context, leads to the conclusion that, during the time period considered, afforestation was largely driven by state organisations on protected state-owned land, and forestry was not a significant component of household economic activities.     

Carbon sequestration in Africa: The land tenure problem

The prospect of using tropical forest projects to sequester significant amounts of atmospheric carbon as one mitigation approach to climate change has received considerable attention. In the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) aspires to make such projects viable. This article examines the prospect of these projects in Africa, and argues that land tenure is much more than just a set of variables to be changed, and that instead it exists as a prohibitive obstacle to the implementation of afforestation and reforestation sequestration approaches. Five primary tenure problems are examined: (1) the disconnect between customary and statutory land rights, (2) legal pluralism, (3) tree planting as land claim, (4) expansion of treed areas in smallholder land use systems, and (5) the difficulty of using the ‘abandoned land’ category. The pervasiveness of these tenurial issues mean that the prospects for successfully implementing afforestation and reforestation projects in Africa are in reality quite weak. The current project approach to carbon storage in Africa needs to be significantly realigned with African reality in order for sequestration expectations to be practical.     

三北工程区植被恢复对土壤风蚀的影响及植被恢复潜力研究

三北地区是我国重要的生态屏障,分析2000—2019年三北防护林体系建设工程（简称：三北工程）区植被恢复时空变化状况,厘定人类活动与气候要素对植被恢复的贡献,探究植被恢复对土壤风蚀影响,评估植被恢复潜力空间,可为三北防护林体系建设工程未来规划管理和科学施策提供参考。本文在选取植被覆盖度和植被净初级生产力表征植被恢复状况基础上,利用地面数据,结合模型模拟,定量评估了2000—2019年三北防护林体系建设工程区植被恢复程度及其对土壤风蚀的影响,并对植被恢复潜力进行探究。研究结果表明：(1) 2000—2019年植被恢复程度高、较高的面积,占总面积的35.29%和13.16%,主要分布在黄土高原区及北部区域和风沙区与东北华北平原农区的部分地区。人类活动与气候因素对植被恢复贡献率为10.45%和89.55%;(2)土壤风蚀以轻度侵蚀和微度侵蚀为主,呈逐年下降趋势,剧烈侵蚀面积减少了66.45%,防风固沙服务得到进一步提升。植被恢复程度与土壤风蚀模数呈负相关关系,植被恢复程度较好有助于降低土壤风蚀模数;(3)三北工程区森林、草地和荒漠生态系统仍有8.16%的恢复潜力,内蒙古高原北部部分地区、哈顺...     

人工林复合生态经济系统──一个稳定农业的范例

江苏省里下河地区是一个洪、涝、旱、渍和虫灾五害频繁出现的贫困地区。70年代末,当地林场利用挖沟筑垛,垛田造林,林下种粮菜,河沟养鱼,实行林,农、牧结合经营,形成具有良性循环的人工林复合生态经济系统。它主要包括五种经营:林—农复合经营型、林—渔复合经营型、林—水生作物—渔复合经营型、林—渔—牧复合经营型和林—食用菌复合经营型。人工林复合生态经济系统原理和生态、经济效益可分为:①筑堤造圩田改变了土体构形,加深了耕作层;②改变了四周小气候,提高了光能利用率;③多层次和多时序的立体种植提高了产量;④促进了系统中的能量和养分的转化及物质循环;⑤降低了土壤养分的消耗和控制病虫害;⑥森林改善了生态环境;⑦提高了经济收入,增加了就业机会。     

滩地人工林营林措施对钉螺种群的影响

通过对滩地不同经营措施的杨树人工林内钉螺种群影响的长期定位观测和分析研究,结果显示：①在低海拔淹水时间达60天的滩地,采用挖沟抬垄整地是确保人工林造成功和有效抑螺的重要措施;②在幼林阶段,采用林农复合经营是抑螺防病林经营的有效措施;③随着林木的生长,树木对林地环境的改善强度加大,其对钉螺种群的抑制效果逐渐加强,使钉螺种群密度保持较低的水平。因此,对钉螺滋生的滩地采取针对性的造林技术和措施,即可增加林地的经济产出,更为重要的是可有效抑制钉螺的种群数量,同时辅以对家畜的管理,可使林地内的感染性钉螺隆至零,达到了滩地利用与抑制钉螺的双重目标。     

章古台固沙造林技术与效益评价

章古台从1955年开始引种樟子松进行育苗造林试验,至60年代初期引种造林成功后,又于70年代后期在内蒙古敖汉旗扩大引种造林,获得成功。近年樟子松人工林出现了生长减缓现象,主要是由于造林选地不适和经营不善所引起的。樟子松扩大引种造林的技术关键是采取乔灌草型,等宽隔带式造林模式,降水量不低于300~350mm,土壤含水率不低于2.0%~2.5%。土壤类型为生草风沙土、栗钙土型风沙土和黑土型风沙土,pH值为6.8~8.3。造林时间比正常拖后至4月8日~20日之间,2a生苗造林深度以25~35cm为宜,苗木根长以25cm左右为佳,苗木运输前应沾泥浆进行包装。植苗时放在苗木罐中以防根系风干,剔除不合格苗木,造林时铲除干土层或干草皮。对松树幼株进行埋土越冬处理。     

城市生态系统管理信息的热辐射场研究

利用 TM热图像资料和地面资料 ,建立了哈尔滨城市建筑及绿化与城市热辐射场之间的相互关系。绿化对热辐射场的削减作用和建筑对热辐射场的增强作用非常明显 ,特别是在夏季最为典型。根据平衡计算 ,该城市绿化率极限最低为 2 7% ,理想值为 40 % ,建筑密度应当控制在 2 7%以下为宜。其为城市生态系统管理与建设提供了直接的依据。     

The policy discourse on negative emissions,land-based technologies,and the Global South

Negative emissions are increasingly seen as a policy option to limit climate change. However, the most readily available technologies that could deliver negative emissions require, if deployed at scale, large amounts of land, with huge risks for livelihoods and the environment. This land is often assumed to be in the Global South. This article analyzes the nascent policy discourse on negative emissions by assessing 116 policy documents by 97 organizations with a focus on land-based technologies (afforestation and reforestation, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, biochar, soil carbon sequestration). We conclude that this policy discourse is largely centered in the Global North (mostly in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany), with only five organizations directly linked to the Global South. 61% of the organizations in our sample, however, somehow refer to the Global South in their contributions, with nongovernmental organizations being most strongly focused on the role of the Global South and in particular the risks for vulnerable countries. While the earlier policy discourse on negative emissions was linked to a more general “geoengineering” discourse, this link has loosened in the last years. Overall, in the documents that we studied, negative emissions technologies seem to become more accepted, and parts of the discourse shift towards deployment. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage seems more often associated with risks if compared to other land-based negative emissions technologies, especially with a view to the Global South.     

The use of plant water relations to characterize tree species and sites in the drylands of northern Ethiopia

Water relations of four tree species were studied in four sites in the drylands of northern Ethiopia. Predawn water potentials were significantly higher at all sites as compared to midday measurements for Acacia etbaica and Boswellia papyrifera. In contrast, Lannea fruticosa revealed this significant difference only once, while Terminalia brownii at only two of the four sites. An analysis of variance showed that A. etbaica has a wider tolerance range as compared to the other species. There was no significant difference among the four sites in terms of predawn, midday and diurnal ranges of water potential. The study revealed that A. etbaica and B. papyrifera are performing better as compared to T. brownii and L. fruticosa under the current climatic conditions. Understanding the physiological basis of survival, productivity, ability to cope with low moisture availability, and growth potential of indigenous species in the drylands is essential for the utilization and promotion of these and other species.     

滩地人工林营林措施对钉螺种群的影响

通过对滩地不同经营措施的杨树人工林内钉螺种群影响的长期定位观测和分析研究,结果显示:①在低海拔淹水时间达60天的滩地,采用挖沟抬垄整地是确保人工林营造成功和有效抑螺的重要措施;②在幼林阶段,采用林农复合经营是抑螺防病林经营的有效措施;③随着林木的生长,树木对林地环境的改善强度加大,其对钉螺种群的抑制效果逐渐加强,使钉螺种群密度保持较低的水平。因此,对钉螺滋生的滩地采取针对性的造林技术和措施,即可增加林地的经济产出,更为重要的是可有效抑制钉螺的种群数量,同时辅以对家畜的管理,可使林地内的感染性钉螺降至零,达到了滩地利用与抑制钉螺的双重目标。