Mountain Water Tower and Ecological Risk Estimation of the Mesta-Nestos Transboundary River Basin （Bulgaria-Greece）

The Mesta-Nestos river basin in Bulgaria and Greece is a case study for transboundary decision-making support in south-eastern Europe and a show-case for the development of methodologies and information-gathering for the integrated regional planning of water resources. Land-use conflicts in this water-scarce region cover a wide spectrum of activities like agricultural irrigation,drinking water production,diversions for industrial water,and risk of pollution from mining,to name a few examples. Measurements of the water quality were carried out in the upper basin. Results will be illustrated by the example of the environmental situation in the alpine region of the Pirin National Park as well as in the Razlog Basin with a stronger anthropogenic impact and pollution around a former uranium mine near the village of Ele?nica. The social and economic development of this transboundary region is a recently established priority for the future. It will mean an increase in water usage and more stress for the water resources if regional impacts of global climate change are verified. Problem-focused management of the catchment area as a whole on the basis of proved geo-data sets is needed for the future.     

探讨地震台站监测环境的保护问题

从地震监测环境的概念入手,具体阐述了地震监测环境保护的重要性、保护监测环境面临的困难以及加强地震台站监测环境的保护措施。     

海口永庄气候平均差值的订正分析

根据海口、永庄两站2006年1~12月对比观测气象资料进行分析,得出海拔高度和周围环境不同是形成海口与永庄两地气候差异的主要原因。利用两地气候平均差值与有关气象要素存在很好相关关系,应用回归法建立气候平均差值的订正方程。经检验,方程回归效果较好,因此,可利用气候平均差值订正方程将永庄站的气象资料订正到搬迁前等长序列,并求取各气候要素的各个时段历史平均值。     

北羌塘盆地那底岗日剖面中上侏罗统碳酸盐岩稀土元素地球化学特征与沉积环境分析

北羌塘盆地那底岗日剖面中上侏罗统碳酸盐岩发育,其中以布曲组和索瓦组最为发育,对研究该区中上侏罗统沉积环境具重要意义。通过对稀土元素分布规律、分布特征及地球化学特征值分析,表明该套碳酸盐岩中稀土元素平均总含量(ΣREE)较低,为35.305μg/g;ΣLREE/ΣHREE比值为7.769～9.046,轻重稀土分馏明显,且稀土总含量(ΣREE)与SiO2和Al2O3含量呈正相关,与CaO含量呈负相关,说明沉积期有大量陆源碎屑注入。δCe平均值为0.966,基本无异常,但不同地层中有一定变化,布曲组到索瓦组一段、二段沉积水体氧化性显示为强-弱-强演化过程。LaN/YbN比值为1.124～1.493,其中索瓦组二段数值最小,沉积时期水体酸性最弱。表明研究区沉积水体具弱还原性,沉积时期有大量陆源碎屑注入,为近岸碳酸盐岩沉积。     

北京延庆葡萄产地高氟地质环境特征研究

北京延庆葡萄产地北侧山区出露大面积花岗岩。岩浆活动频繁,构造发育,特殊地质条件造成土壤存在明显的高氟异常,全氟、水溶氟含量高,部分地下水氟化物含量超过相关标准,是导致当地居民因饮用地下水而患有氟中毒地方病的主要原因。尽管农作物含氟符合相关标准,但高氟地质环境对农作物的含氟量仍具有富集趋势。     

青藏铁路冻土区环境问题对工程安全可靠性影响

本文分析了青藏铁路冻土区主要工程对多年冻土温度、水分特征和冻土环境特征的影响,探讨了冻土区工程环境与冻土环境之间相互作用特点。进而论述了控制外界对冻土工程环境系统的热侵蚀是保证冻土区工程安全可靠性的关键问题。     

新疆喀什两次超级单体致雹风暴特征对比分析

利用常规气象观测资料,对2011年发生在喀什地区夏季罕见的两次强度不同的超级单体致雹风暴进行了特征分析。结果表明：不稳定层结、冷空气活动频繁和抬升触发条件是喀什地区产生强对流天气的共同环境场特征;充足的水汽及强的垂直风切变更有利于喀什地区深厚湿对流活动的产生;初夏雹暴的发生、发展存在1支异常水汽输送,输送量10.9×10⁸ t;而盛夏雹暴存在3支异常水汽输送,输入量11.4×10⁸ t;θ_e陡立区与冰雹落区对应较好,垂直涡度与倾斜涡度发展旺盛,是造成大范围雹暴的主要原因。强回波高悬,低层入流显著、低层反射率因子高梯度区是强对流天气共同的回波特征;初夏雹暴为弓形回波、中-γ尺度;盛夏雹暴为强超级单体、中-β尺度;回波伸展高度越高、低层入流越显著、垂直风切变越强的对流系统产生的天气越激烈,易产生大雹。     

大型水域水岩相互作用及其环境效应研究

以大量实际资料及深入的研究成果，较全面地论述了人工大型水域水岩相作用及其导致的主要地质灾害，包括水库诱发地震，库岸崩滑，水岩作用导致的大坝溃决，以及水库淤积导致的大面积环境恶化等问题。     

Could fiscal policies induce green innovation in developing countries? The case of Brazilian manufacturing sectors

Brazil is the first major developing country to pledge for absolute reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. This article explores the extent to which fiscal policies could contribute to this reduction and to greening the Brazilian economy. It was found that the use of green fiscal policies is at an early stage in Brazil, but a growing number of measures have been adopted in recent years led by subnational-level policies. An econometric analysis of 24 Brazilian manufacturing sectors for the years 2001–2008 shows that some fiscal instruments, such as low-cost (subsidized) finance for innovation and fiscal incentives for sustainable practices, have been effective in inducing green innovation. However, less than 14% of more than 100 thousand companies included in the study have adopted greener technologies. Even though Brazilian green fiscal policies have been rather uncoordinated and ad hoc, their significant impact on the uptake of green technologies indicates these can play an important role in a transition to a green economy.

POLICY RELEVANCE

Faced with the challenge of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in absolute terms, Brazil now needs to put in place policies to help deliver the country’s pledge. This article analyses which fiscal policies should be adopted and how these policies could form part of a low carbon policy framework in the country. Among our policy-relevant findings is that subnational green fiscal policies are relatively less complex to introduce and encourage uptake of green technologies. Thus, they could be an entry point to a wider green fiscal policy strategy. We also found that fiscal incentives for green innovation projects can present more than proportional impact on the uptake of green technologies owing to positive feedbacks, increasing returns to scale and spill-overs. These are attractive features of green innovations to developing countries in addition to environmental benefits, as they favour the accumulation of indigenous technological capabilities that are critical for long-term technological and economic development. These lessons learned from green fiscal policies in Brazil are applicable to other developing countries.     

Exploring the potential of circular economy to mitigate pressures on biodiversity

The effects of circular economy on biodiversity are poorly understood. This study provides observations on approaches for assessing circular economy and illustrates, with a Finnish case study, the potential of circular economy to mitigate pressures on biodiversity. The case study focuses on the construction and real estate sectors, as well as the forest industry. The findings imply that circular economy actions that reduce the extraction of virgin raw materials and relieve land use pressures are effective. Improving material efficiency, increasing the cascading use of wood, and optimizing the use and reuse of materials and products, as well as extending the lifetime of buildings and optimizing space use, have good potential for mitigating pressures on biodiversity in Finland. However, as forest utilization has a major impact on Finnish biodiversity, certain actions that possibly increase the use of forest resources (e.g., replacing fossil-based, concrete, or steel materials with wood-based solutions) may impair biodiversity if biodiversity-enhancing forest management practices are not utilized. Assessing the biodiversity impacts of circular economy is challenging, and the need for further research and the development of indicators and assessment methods is clear.