Landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping in Australia for land-use planning — with reference to challenges in metropolitan suburbia

This paper provides an overview of the history and current status of landslide susceptibility and hazard mapping for land-use zoning in Australia. It also describes a case study of landslide hazard mapping in a medium density, coastal, suburban residential area of metropolitan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with relatively steep terrain. Issues covered include identification and mapping of existing and potential landslides, and susceptibility and hazard zoning for regulatory management and land-use planning. The method involves application of the principles contained within the AGS (2000) guideline, and as updated by the AGS (2007 a,b,c,d,e) suite of guidelines.     

Guidelines for navigation and overflight in the exclusive economic zone

Several significant international incidents in Asian exclusive economic zones (EEZs) have underscored the ambiguity and lack of agreement regarding the regime governing foreign military activities in coastal States’ EEZs. A group of senior officials and analysts participated in their personal capacities in a dialogue from 2002–2005 that discussed the issues with a view to improving mutual understanding of the regime and finding areas of agreement. The Tokyo meeting in September 2005 reached consensus on some voluntary, non-binding guidelines that are presented here. The guidelines are based selectively on the 1982 UNCLOS, State practice and emerging ‘soft’ law, and attempt to balance the interests of coastal States and user States. It is hoped that they may serve as the basis for discussion and eventual agreements between governments.     

IPCC国家温室气体清单指南精细化的主要内容和启示

作为IPCC新一轮气候变化综合评估的组成部分,IPCC国家温室气体清单指南进入了正式的精细化阶段,将在2019年形成最终成果,与现有的《IPCC2006指南》合并使用,为“适用于所有缔约方的”《巴黎协定》的实施奠定基础。精细化工作分为提供新方法、更新已有内容、补充/澄清已有内容等三大类,共有107个“精细化点”,涵盖通用方法论、能源活动、工业过程、农业林业和其他土地利用、废弃物等各个领域和部门。中国共有12名专家参与此次工作。建议中国科研工作者尽快以英文著述的形式发表相关成果,提高中国文献的引用率;鉴于中国已具备根据最新指南要求编制清单的能力,建议未来国家温室气体清单的编制尽可能全面转向《IPCC2006指南》及其增补和精细化内容。     

SCI-E干旱区研究重要期刊与投稿指南

应用文献计量学方法,在对1997--2005年SCI-E收录的世界干旱区研究论文进行统计、分析、研究的基础上,通过期刊发义量指标（V1）、论文被引次数指标（V2）和期刊影响因子（V3）三项指标的加权综合评判分析,评选出世界范围内干旱区研究领域的28种重要期刊。介绍了世界干旱区研究重要期刊的相关投稿信息。     

我国海洋生态调查指南编制说明

海洋生态调查的主要目的是了解海洋生态系统基本的群落结构和生态功能及其重要影响因素,掌握生态系统健康状况,把握其变化趋势。基于生态系统健康理论建立我国海洋生态调查的基本框架体系,编制了我国海洋生态调查指南。根据目前的技术设备、实用方法和经费限制,确定最能反映我国海洋生态系统特征的生态要素和评价内容,并规定了相应的调查和评价方法。与《海洋调查规范海洋生物调查》和《海洋监测规范》比较,该指南具有3个显著特点：①调查要素不仅包括海洋生物和海洋环境等自然要素,还包括人为活动要素,充分考虑我国近海生态系统的高强度开发利用的特点;②从生态系统的结构、功能和压力3个方面建立起海洋生态系统健康评价的核心框架体系;③提出生态压力的量化指标,定量评估人类活动对生态系统的压力。     

The Geogenic Contamination Handbook: Addressing arsenic and fluoride in drinking water

In some groundwaters, arsenic and fluoride can reach concentrations that are hazardous to human health if geological and geochemical conditions favour the release of these contaminants. This can especially pose a problem in developing countries where water service providers already struggle with the provision of clean water. The Geogenic Contamination Handbook, released in January 2015, aims to provide concise guidelines for practitioners faced with the problem of geogenically contaminated drinking water in low- and middle-income countries. The handbook is a digital resource, with the reader benefitting from numerous weblinks and embedded documents giving additional information where relevant. The necessary steps needed for sustainable mitigation of arsenic or fluoride-contaminated drinking water are outlined. This includes information on water quality testing (e.g. how to plan a field survey), different water treatment options as well as practical guidelines on the integration of technical, institutional and sociological aspects of arsenic and fluoride mitigation.