St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines conjures up images of a yachting haven and a quiet tourists' paradise. The conflicting demands of a growing population, a middle-income economy dominated by fishing, plantation agriculture and tourism, and environmental and social concerns, all contribute to marine stress on the limited, precious, but internationally important resources. While the vision exists to manage effectively coastal and offshore resources, the institutional, financial and social capital to achieve that vision is limited. Development of the fledgling partnerships between local communities, national governmental structures and the international research, government and donor organisations seems the best hope to conserve the environment and coastal livelihoods of the islands.     

我国金属矿产成矿区带地球化学普查发展历史

二十世纪60～70年代是我国金属矿产成矿区带地球化学普查发展的初期阶段.1976年,成矿区带地球化学普查规划制订,我国金属矿产成矿区带地球化学普查进入大规模普查实施的第一阶段;随着一系列新技术规定的颁布执行,1992年开始进入第二阶段的成矿区带地球化学异常详细检查评价与综合研究;1993年以后,成矿区带地球化学普查与详查仍然以寻找金属矿产为主要任务,同时,成矿区带地球化学普查成果开始向应用地球化学方向发展,这标志着第三个阶段的开始,即应用成矿区带地球化学普查成果进行生态环境地球化学与人类健康、综合农林业地球化学研究和开发.     

河西走廊地下水资源变化简介

简要介绍了河西走廊石羊河、黑河、疏勒河三大流域内近5 0年来地表水出山迳流量、流域平原区地下水资源补给量、泉水溢出量、地下水开采量的历史变化,对不同时期地下水均衡结果进行了比较,初步分析了地下水资源减少的原因。     

广东山区大中型水库淤积与整治

广东是全国水资源较丰富的省区,但是由于环境污染,全省已普遍出现水质性缺水危机。目前除了东江、西江、北江和韩江等大江河外,沿海地区许多中、小河流和池塘等地表水水质已经恶化,不宜饮用,有的甚至不宜灌溉,有些地方连浅层地下水也不宜饮用。故此,山区水库已成为我省最后的水源"阵地",各地纷纷直接从水库引水饮用。然而,平原地区周围丘陵台地的库、塘水质也已严重恶化。目前全省321宗大、中型水库将成为本省水源的最后防线,而这些水库也存在不同程度泥沙淤积、水质污染和管理体制弊端等问题,必须采取有效措施进行整治和维护,并改革管理体制和加强管理,以保证其可持续利用和社会发展的水源需求。     

湖南省桂东县自然资源特征及其可持续发展研究

湖南省桂东县处于边远山区,经济发展水平低,为国家级贫困县。但其自然资源丰富,生态环境质量良好,旅游资源独具特色。通过对边远山区县资源环境特点和经济发展现状的分析,提出了促进地区可持续发展的建议:调整产业结构,在发展超级稻和优质稻基础上,发展具有地方特色的药、菜、茶、果、烟,外加楠竹和园艺的种植业,发展以牛、羊等草食性牲畜为主的养殖业;发展小水电和以电力为基础的电化工业及农产品加工业;发展红色旅游和休闲度假相结合的生态旅游业;加强生态环境保护力度,以促进桂东区域经济的可持续发展。     

山东半岛地下水库建设与研究进展

合理建设和管理地下水库是我国北方缺水地区增加水资源可利用量的有效途径.为了有效利用暴雨洪水资源,同时阻止海水沿河道下游入侵地下水含水层,自上世纪80年代以来,山东半岛陆续兴建了多座地下水库.介绍了山东半岛地下水库建设成就、地下水库建设的潜力、采取的技术措施和主要研究进展.指出地下水库环境保护是亟待引起重视的问题.     

浅析矿产资源储量动态管理现状、存在问题及对策

矿产资源开采必须实行有偿取得,有偿出让的本质是出让矿产资源储量,矿产资源的开发利用都是围绕矿产资源储量,离开矿产资源储量,采矿权的有偿出让就无从谈起。介绍了当前储量动态管理现状,提示了存在的问题,并就如何加强对矿产资源储量监管提出了对策并进行了探讨。     

滨海湿地生态旅游资源评价研究

在研究旅游资源评价与湿地资源评价已有成果的基础上,提出滨海湿地生态旅游资源评价及评价指标选取的基本原则,并从客观实际出发,应用层次分析法(AHP),从生态环境、旅游资源和旅游开发三方面着手,构建了滨海湿地生态旅游资源评价体系,并据此进行计算机处理、排序和检验,提出滨海湿地生态旅游资源等级指标及赋分标准,为科学评价滨海湿地生态旅游资源提供依据.     

Assessment of Exploration Bias in Data-Driven Predictive Models and the Estimation of Undiscovered Resources

The spatial distribution of discovered resources may not fully mimic the distribution of all such resources, discovered and undiscovered, because the process of discovery is biased by accessibility factors (e.g., outcrops, roads, and lakes) and by exploration criteria. In data-driven predictive models, the use of training sites (resource occurrences) biased by exploration criteria and accessibility does not necessarily translate to a biased predictive map. However, problems occur when evidence layers correlate with these same exploration factors. These biases then can produce a data-driven model that predicts known occurrences well, but poorly predicts undiscovered resources. Statistical assessment of correlation between evidence layers and map-based exploration factors is difficult because it is difficult to quantify the “degree of exploration.” However, if such a degree-of-exploration map can be produced, the benefits can be enormous. Not only does it become possible to assess this correlation, but it becomes possible to predict undiscovered, instead of discovered, resources. Using geothermal systems in Nevada, USA, as an example, a degree-of-exploration model is created, which then is resolved into purely explored and unexplored equivalents, each occurring within coextensive study areas. A weights-of-evidence (WofE) model is built first without regard to the degree of exploration, and then a revised WofE model is calculated for the “explored fraction” only. Differences in the weights between the two models provide a correlation measure between the evidence and the degree of exploration. The data used to build the geothermal evidence layers are perceived to be independent of degree of exploration. Nevertheless, the evidence layers correlate with exploration because exploration has preferred the same favorable areas identified by the evidence patterns. In this circumstance, however, the weights for the “explored” WofE model minimize this bias. Using these revised weights, posterior probability is extrapolated into unexplored areas to estimate undiscovered deposits.     

Time, idealisation and international development: promoting Canadian co-management in northern Russia

In this article, I trace the efforts of a development team working to promote a Canadian approach to natural resources management in the Russian North. These development workers used two communication strategies related to time and history to render Canadian knowledge mobile and applicable to a new location: (1) imagining today's Russian North as equivalent to the Canadian northern past and (2) reframing and idealising the Canadian past and present to make the governance export less discursively 'messy' for an outside audience. The relative failure of these communicative strategies points to the need for richer dialogue in efforts to move knowledge cross-culturally.