Ecological Regulation Research Articles

Current Downhole Corrosion Control Solutions and Trends in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Review.

In the oil and gas industry, the presence of aggressive fluids and gases can cause serious corrosion problems. Multiple solutions have been introduced to the industry to minimize corrosion occurrence probability in recent years. They include cathodic protection, utilization of advanced metallic grades, injection of corrosion inhibitors, replacement of the metal parts with composite solutions, and deposition of protective coatings. This paper will review the advances and developments in the design of corrosion protection solutions. The publication highlights crucial challenges in the oil and gas industry to be solved upon the development of corrosion protection methods. According to the stated challenges, existing protective systems are summarized with emphasis on the features that are essential for oil and gas production. Qualification of corrosion protection performance based on international industrial standards will be depicted in detail for each type of corrosion protection system. Forthcoming challenges for the engineering of next-generation materials for corrosion mitigation are discussed to highlight the trends and forecasts of emerging technology development. We will also discuss the advances in nanomaterial and smart material development, enhanced ecological regulations, and applications of complex multifunctional solutions for corrosion mitigation which have become of great importance in recent decades.

Attaining sustainable business performance via eco-innovation under ecological regulatory stringency and market turbulence

The study examines approaches wherein two external factors spur Ghanaian firms to eco-innovate: ecological regulatory stringency and market turbulence.The study's conceptual framework is evaluated using survey data from 513 Ghanaian manufacturing firms using a hybrid Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Model and Arttificial Neural Network technique, which provides support to the proposed hypothesis. Thus, by dividing eco-innovation into product eco-innovation and process eco-innovation, we infer that ecological regulation stringency improves sustainable business performance primarily through process eco-innovation instead of product eco-innovation and market turbulence has a greater impact on sustainable business performance through product eco-innovation as opposed to process eco-innovation.Our research adds to the literature on eco-innovation and green economy by providing a comprehensive framework for measuring a firm's pursuit of eco-innovation and sustainability in response to government and market pressures. We conclude by providing theoretical, methodological and practical implications.

Can the Application of Environmentally Friendly Fertilisers Reduce Agricultural Labour Input? Empirical Evidence from Peanut Farmers in China

Environmentally friendly fertilisers (EFFs) can improve the quality of cultivated land, purify the soil environment, and promote reduction in the amounts of fertiliser applied by improving efficiency. However, few studies have analysed the spillover effects of EFF applications on agricultural labour inputs. Hence, this study discusses the impact of EFFs on agricultural labour input, using the propensity score matching method based on the micro-survey data of peanut growers in the main producing areas in China. The results showed that EFFs have a labour-saving advantage, with a significant average reduction in the number of labourers’ input and labour days in agriculture production of 0.127 persons/mu and 0.601 days/mu at the 1% to 10% significance level. Additionally, EFFs improve yield and revenue but significantly raise production costs, ultimately increasing net revenue for farmers. The mechanism of the labour-saving effect is the capability of EFFs to reduce the amount and frequency of fertilisers applications, the amounts of pesticides applied, and irrigation water consumption by their technical characteristics and farmland’s ecological environment enhancement. Accordingly, the time effect strengthens the ecological regulation function and the application reduction effect of EFFs, further decreasing agricultural labour inputs. At the same time, the application of EFFs contributes to the adoption of mechanical deep tillage and fertilisation technology (MDTFT), thereby reducing fertiliser application and ultimately improving the labour-saving effect of EFFs. Heterogeneity analysis revealed that the labour-saving effect of EFFs is more obvious for farmers operating with a larger planting scale. To improve the labour-saving effect of EFFs, the findings imply that the application years of EFFs should be appropriately extended and the MDTFT should be promoted according to local conditions.

How renewable energy investment, environmental regulations, and financial development derive renewable energy transition: Evidence from G7 countries

Renewable energy transition is an imperative agenda of the Conference of the Parties. It has a tremendous role in limiting carbon emissions, and environmentalists have recently highlighted the critical need to identify the factors influencing the energy transition. By evaluating the evidence of the G7 from 2000 to 2020, this study broadens the scope of this argument by providing potential determinants of the energy transition. This study explores the dynamic influence of renewable energy investment, financial structure, and environmental regulation on renewable energy transition. The study applied the cross-section autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) model to resolve the issues of slope heterogeneity and cross-section dependency in panel data analysis. The results exhibit that green energy investment, financial development, and environmental policy stringency stimulate sustainable energy transition in the long run. Manifestly, the interaction term of financial development and ecological regulations offer comparatively stronger influence than their individual effects, implying that effective environmental regulations direct the movement of financial resources toward the renewable energy transition. Similar results are also affirmed through the augmented mean group estimator. It suggests that the policymakers would formulate integrated policies to strengthen the ecological regulations and financial sector development, reducing financial barriers and introducing new green financial products.

The Empirical Analysis of Environmental Regulation's Spatial Spillover Effects on Green Technology Innovation in China.

Green technology innovation is one of the driving forces of industrial structure upgrading. This innovation is thought to be related to environmental regulation. The study uses panel data for 30 Chinese provinces and cities from 2009 to 2020 and presents a comprehensive research-based explanation of how environmental regulations impact green innovation. This study employs the spatial Durbin model to analyze the spillover effect of the region. The results show that the total impact of environmental regulations is 0.223%, of which the direct effect is 0.099%. This impact includes the effects of both formal and informal environmental regulation. It indicates that ecological regulations significantly enhance green technology innovation. Furthermore, the spatial spillover effect is significantly positive at the 1% level with a coefficient of 0.124. Such spillover effects represent a learning effect of regional environmental regulation. Based on the results, the study suggests a few policy measures based on the detailed outcomes.

Water use strategy of Carex cinerascens and its response to water condition changes in Poyang Lake Wetland, China

Water is a key factor in maintaining plant growth and determining plant species distribution. Studying the water use strategies of plants under different water conditions is of great significance for understanding the wetland vegetation patterns and performing ecological regulation of wetlands. The present study aims to quantify the contribution rates of potential water sources to Carex cinerascens in the Poyang Lake Wetland using stable isotope techniques and to assess water use efficiency (WUE) and water niche breadth to reveal the water use strategy of C. cinerascens and its response to water condition changes. The results showed that soil water in the 0–20 cm soil layer replaced lake water, becoming the main source of water for C. cinerascens during the growing season as a result of the decrease in the lake water levels and the change in soil water contents. The contribution rates of soil water in the 0–20 cm soil layer to the development of C. cinerascens in the 12-, 13-, and 14-m elevation zones increased by 31.4, 11.0, and 21.1 %, respectively. In addition, the contribution rate of soil water from the 20–40 cm soil layer was lower than that from the 0–20 cm soil layer, while rainwater exhibited the lowest contribution rates to the development of C. cinerascens. The aboveground parts exhibited higher WUE values than those of belowground parts at the growth stage, except in the 14-m elevation zone, and lower WUE values than those of the belowground parts at the maturation and wilting stages of C. cinerascens. According to the calculated Levins index, the water niche breadths of C. cinerascens were reduced and increased under abundant and insufficient water amounts, respectively. C. cinerascens adjusted the water source, WUE, and water niche breadth during the entire growing season to adapt to changing water conditions in the Poyang Lake Wetland, thereby reflecting the strong adjustability and adaptability of C. cinerascens. This study provides further insights into the relationships between wetland vegetation and hydrological changes, as well as a scientific basis for wetland ecological and hydrological regulation and vegetation restoration in the Poyang Lake Wetland.

Evaluating the impact of power station regulation on the suitability of drifting spawning fish habitat based on the fuzzy evaluation method

Ecological regulation is an important means of reservoir adaptive management, but its effective evaluation faces two major difficulties: the response mechanism of fish spawning behavior is not completely clear, and how to establish a feedback regulation relationship of hydrological processes to improve the river environment is unknown. Based on a long-term series of early fish resources, hydrology, water temperature, and meteorology data, this research clarifies the fish spawning habitat requirements in the power station regulation environment, determines a habitat suitability evaluation index system and evaluation criteria, reveals the temporal and spatial variation characteristics of fish habitat suitability under power station regulation based on the fuzzy logic method, provides feedback to the existing regulation scheme, and proposes suggestions for sustainable adaptive management of the reservoir. The temporal and spatial variation characteristics of the spawning river sections habitat suitability are the comprehensive differences among multiple objectives and factors. The habitat suitability of each river section decreases after impoundment, especially in May, which is related to the delayed of water temperature changes under reservoir regulation. The reduced suitability of the Yibin(YB) river section is most affected by the impoundment regulation of the Xiluodu Reservoir (XLDR) and Xiangjiaba Reservoir (XJBR), while the Luzhou(LZ) river section is affected by the inflow of the Minjiang River (MJ) tributary, which reduces the suitability difference before and after impoundment. The Jiangjin(JJ) river section is less affected by the regulation of the XJBR and is greatly affected by tributaries and rainfall. How to adjust the regulation strategies under the new boundaries and new situations in the future, which are affected by the cumulative impact of the sustainable development of upstream cascades, is the focus of reservoir adaptive management. This research can provide technical support for the management of cascade reservoirs under future scenarios.

不同生态调控情景下人工林可持续经营收益研究

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 不同生态调控情景下人工林可持续经营收益研究 DOI: 10.5846/stxb202206291848 作者: 作者单位: 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 国家自然科学基金项目(71803180);国家社会科学基金项目(22BGL168);教育部人文社科青年基金项目(18YJCZH140);浙江省软科学研究计划项目(2023C35077) Research on sustainable management benefits of plantation under different ecological regulation scenarios Author: Affiliation: Fund Project: 摘要 | 图/表 | 访问统计 | 参考文献 | 相似文献 | 引证文献 | 资源附件 | 文章评论 摘要:在林业碳汇项目设计与作业标准基础上,将中国东北地区典型人工林生长与经营相关多源数据融合,运用系统动力学理论与方法,构建人工林生态经济系统模型,通过设计实施主伐/间伐、营造混交林、补植补造等不同生态调控情景,模拟并预测人工林可持续经营的生态-经济收益,以此掌握人工林生态调控机制,并为人工林可持续经营决策提供参考。模拟结果显示:①高初植密度能有效增汇,而低初植密度相比基准情景则减少了碳汇;②高主伐率使得木材收益大幅提升,而无主伐限制了木材收益,且从长期来看碳汇收益有限;③高密度-无主伐情景下的累计碳汇量最大,高密度-高主伐情景下的木材收益净现值和总收益净现值最大;若以可持续经营为目标,平衡生态收益和经济收益,则高密度-高主伐情景为理想选择,该情景的累计碳汇量相比高密度-无主伐情景损失有限,对应碳汇收益净现值为357.9万元,以5%贴现率计算的木材总收益和累计总收益的净现值分别为1219.35万元和1577.25万元。由此证实了以林业碳汇项目为依托,因地制宜地构建将造林、抚育、采伐、再造林更新于一体的人工林可持续经营项目,平衡发挥森林生态系统的综合功能,可纾解因无法采伐所带来的高额机会成本,在增汇的同时获得更大的木材收益。适度提高造林密度或造林面积可以增汇,但碳汇收益还取决于碳定价;此外,合理采伐也是实现人工林可持续经营的方式之一,可持续经营收益的关键在于科学的生态调控机制;应向平衡生态与经济收益的目标转变,加快林业经营理念转变与相关法律体系制定。 Abstract:Based on the design and operation standards of forestry carbon sequestration project, the multi-source data related to the growth and management of typical plantations in Northeast China are integrated, and the ecological and economic system model of plantations is constructed by using the theory and method of system dynamics. The ecological and economic benefits of sustainable management of plantations are simulated and predicted through the design and implementation of different ecological regulation scenarios such as main felling/thinning, creation of mixed forests, replanting to master the ecological regulation mechanism and provide reference for sustainable management decision of plantations. The simulation results show that: ① high initial planting density can effectively increase the carbon sequestration, while low initial planting density can reduce the carbon sequestration compared with the baseline scenario; ② High main cutting rate has greatly increased the timber benefits, while no main cutting has limited the timber benefits, and the carbon-sequestration benefits are limited in the long run; ③ The cumulative carbon sequestration of plantation is the largest under the scenario of high density and no main cutting, and the net present value of timber benefits and the net present value of total benefits of plantation are the largest under the scenario of high density and high main cutting. If we take sustainable management as the goal, balance ecological and economic benefits, and take the high density and high main cutting scenario as the optimal choice, the loss of the cumulative carbon sequestration is limited in this scenario compared with the high density and no main cutting scenario. The corresponding net present value of carbon-sequestration benefits is 3.579 million yuan, and the net present value of total timber benefits and cumulative total benefits at a discount rate of 5% are 12.1935 million yuan and 15.7725 million, respectively. It is confirmed that the sustainable management project of plantations integrating afforestation, tending, cutting, reforestation and regeneration based on the forestry carbon sequestration project can be built according to local conditions, and the comprehensive function of forest ecosystem can be balanced. It can relieve the high opportunity cost caused by the inability to cut, and obtain greater timber benefits while increasing carbon sequestration. Moderate increase of afforestation density or afforestation area can increase carbon sequestration, but the benefits of carbon sequestration also depend on carbon pricing. In addition, rational cutting is also one of the ways to achieve sustainable management of plantation; the key to sustainable management benefits lies in scientific ecological regulation mechanism. We should change to the goal of balancing ecological and economic benefits, accelerate the transformation of forestry management concept and the formulation of relevant legal system. 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献

山区社会-生态系统转型测度——以三峡典型库区为例

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 山区社会-生态系统转型测度——以三峡典型库区为例 DOI: 10.5846/stxb202111233301 作者: 作者单位: 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 国家自然科学基金项目（41661020）；重庆市技术创新与应用发展专项（cstc2019jscx-gksbX0060）；重庆市教育委员会人文社会科学研究项目（19JD026）；重庆师范大学研究生科研创新项目（YKC21037） Measurement of mountain social-ecological system transformation: Taking the typical Three Gorges Reservoir Area as an example Author: Affiliation: Fund Project: 摘要 | 图/表 | 访问统计 | 参考文献 | 相似文献 | 引证文献 | 资源附件 | 文章评论 摘要:三峡库区是集农村和山区为一体的社会-生态系统，研究其系统内部的相互作用和系统间的耦合转型有利于推动库区高质量的可持续发展。通过构建社会-生态系统耦合转型研究框架，采用地形位指数、耦合协调度模型等方法，以库区腹地草堂溪流域为例，揭示其社会-生态系统转型与否、转型路径的多样性及其驱动机制。结果表明：（1）2000-2020年三峡库区社会-生态系统数量-结构-功能均发生了显著变化，表明库区社会-生态系统发生了转型；（2）库区低地形位社会-生态系统表现为由社会生态型向生态经济型转变，中地形位表现为由生态社会型向生态主导、生态经济为辅转变，高地形位则表现为由生态调节型愈加趋向于生态主导型；（3）农户和政府需求变化是驱动社会-生态系统由传统耕地种植系统向新型经果林种植系统转型的根本因素；（4）研究方法证实对山区具有普适性，构建的研究框架较适合刻画山区社会-生态系统转型路径，在其他地方也能同样适用。 Abstract:The Three Gorges Reservoir Area is a social-ecological system integrating rural and mountainous areas. Studying the interaction within the system and the coupling transformation between the systems is conducive to promoting the high-quality sustainable development of the reservoir area. By constructing the research framework of social-ecological system coupling transformation, using the methods of topographic potential index and coupling coordination degree model, so as to reveal whether the social-ecological system transformation is or not, the diversity of transformation paths and its driving mechanism in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. The results show that:(1) from 2000 to 2020, the quantity, structure and function of the social-ecological system in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area have changed significantly, indicating the transformation of the social-ecological system in the reservoir area. (2) The social-ecological system of the lowland position in the reservoir area changed from social-ecological type to ecological economy type, the median position changed from ecological social type to ecological dominant and ecological economy supplemented, and the highland changed from ecological regulation type to ecological dominant type. (3) The change of farmers' and government's demand is the fundamental factor driving the transformation of social-ecological system from traditionally cultivated land planting system to new economic fruit forest planting system. (4) The research method of this paper proves that it is universal to mountainous areas, and the research framework is more suitable to describe the transformation path of social-ecological system in mountainous areas, which can also be applied in other places. 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献

Positioning and institutional design of the daily management and ecological regulation functions of national parks

Positioning and institutional design of the daily management and ecological regulation functions of national parks

Fish resources of the early life history stages in the Fuling section of the Three Gorges Reservoir and their responses to hydrological and thermal characteristics

三峡水库调度运行改变了库区江段的水文情势,影响漂流性卵苗在库区江段内的时空分布特征。在水库低水位运行时,具有流水生境特征的库中和库尾江段是产漂流性卵鱼类在整个三峡库区内重要的产卵江段。了解三峡库中和库尾江段产漂流性卵鱼类的早期资源状况及其对水文和水温特征的响应关系,对于采取适宜的保护措施促进鱼类早期资源的恢复具有重要的意义。本文通过2017-2020年5-7月在库中涪陵断面进行的逐日早期资源监测,了解三峡库中和库尾江段产漂流性卵鱼类早期资源的种类组成、产卵规模、产卵场分布及其年际变动特征,并采用随机森林(RF)模型,分析鱼类逐日产卵规模变动与水文、水温格局及其过程的关系,辨识影响不同种类产卵规模变动的关键水文及水温要素。结果表明:2017-2020年共采集到漂流性鱼卵21种,包括长江上游特有鱼类鱼卵3种;以圆筒吻鮈Rhinogobio cylindricus、蒙古鲌Chanodichthys mongolicus、贝氏Hemiculter bleekeri等6种鱼类的鱼卵为主,占总采集鱼卵数的88.76%;各年的鱼卵规模分别为83.04×10⁸、14.29×10⁸、20.43×10⁸和22.83×10⁸ 粒;涪陵以上干流江段分布有6个鱼类的集中产卵场,是圆筒吻鮈、长鳍吻鮈R. ventralis、长薄鳅Leptobotia elongata等长江上游特有鱼类重要的产卵场所;逐日产卵规模主要受产卵时透明度及流量大小、产卵前流量或水位上涨过程以及产卵前积温大小的影响,且影响不同鱼类自然繁殖的关键水温、水文因素在不同种类间存在差异。研究结果可为三峡库区鱼类资源保护措施特别是生态调度措施的实施提供科学依据。;Reservoir operation resulting from river damming has altered the flow regimes of the river sections of reservoirs, inducing profound impacts on the spatiotemporal distribution of the early resources of fish species that spawn drifting eggs (FSDE) in the river sections of reservoirs. During the period of low water-level operation stage of the reservoir, the river section with flowing-water habitats is an important spawning river section compared those other sections of the reservoir. Fully understanding the status of early resource of FSDE and their response to hydrological and thermal characteristics in a reservoir's middle and tail reaches is of great significance for the restoration and promotion the scale of early resource. This paper intended to reveal the inter-annual variation in the species composition of eggs and larvae collected, as well as the spawning scale and distribution of fish spawning grounds in the middle and tail reaches of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), through the daily sampling for eggs and larvae being conducted at the Fuling section from May to July in 2017-2020. The random forest model was further performed to clarify the relationships between the variations in the daily spawning scales and the hydrological, thermal patterns and process conditions, aiming to identify the key hydrological and thermal factors affecting the variations of spawning scales of different species. The results showed that: 1) 21 species of eggs were collected, including 3 species of fish eggs that endemic to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the amounts of eggs of 6 fish species, including Rhinogobio cylindricus, Chanodichthys mongolicus, and Hemiculter bleekeri, etc., were dominant, which accounted for 88.76% of total number of eggs collected. 2) The scale of fish eggs each year was 83.04×10⁸ ind., 14.29×10⁸ ind., 20.43×10⁸ ind., and 22.83×10⁸ ind., respectively. 3) There were 6 main spawning grounds distributed in the upstream of Fuling sampling site in the TGR, where is an important spawning place for endemic fish species (e.g. R. cylindricus, R. ventralis, and Leptobotia elongata) in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. 4) The daily spawning scales were mainly affected by the amounts of transparency and flow discharge during spawning, as well as flow or water level rising rate and accumulated water temperature before spawning, and the key hydrological and thermal factors that affect the natural reproduction were different among different species. This research provides data support for the implementation of fish resource protection measures, especially ecological regulation measures, in the TGR.

Research on the Impact of Environmental Regulation on the Financial Performance of Petrochemical Enterprises

China's government environmental protection-related departments attach great importance to the environmental pollution problems of petrochemical enterprises. The Environmental Protection Law as the core ecological regulation policy has been continuously improved to address the impact of macroenvironmental regulation on micro-individual petrochemical enterprises. The study subjects are 182 petrochemical companies from 2011-2021. The effect of different environmental regulations on the financial performance of petrochemical companies is studied empirically using a time-fixed effects model and a mediating effects model and using principal component analysis based on an agency cost perspective. The results show that environmental regulations significantly improve petrochemical firms' financial performance and suppress agency costs. Agency costs play a partial mediating role in the process of environmental regulations affecting financial performance.

Interactions between Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation toward Sustainable Development

Ongoing environmental issues and degradation provoke the implementation of relevant incentives to overcome them without restrictions of economic growth. Considering the Chinese sustainable development policy, each province should provide the effective ecological regulations that consider the dynamic changes of the economic and ecological indicators of the province’s development. In this case, the paper aims to analyze the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. The object of the investigation is the Henan provinces of China from 1994 to 2020. The study applied a vector autoregression model between the one-way and two-way relationship analysis, Granger causality test, cointegration test, and impulse response function. The findings confirm that GDP growth causes exhaust gas production and that SO2 will also influence wastewater. The results of the co-consolidation analysis showed that if the production of industrial solid waste gas and SO2 volume increased by 1% each, GDP per capita would increase by 0.22% and 0.35%, respectively. The findings of the variance decomposition of the GDP per capita in the first phase are all due to their perturbation term. The other influencing factors have no influence. Over time, GDP per capita is less and less affected and significantly enhanced by wastewater, exhaust gas, and SO2.

Research on Sustainable Development of the Regional Construction Industry Based on Entropy Theory

Human beings are now facing the increasingly urgent problem of global ecological environment pollution. To verify the scientific nature of environmental governance by governments of various countries, researchers need to provide a scientific basis and practical support for governments to adjust and formulate new policies and regulatory measures at any time through data analysis. This paper applies visual literature, aggregate analysis, engineering data programming, advanced mathematical science algorithms, and innovation entropy theory, and through this study obtains sustainable impact data from eight Chinese provinces in the 21st century, including environmental, economic, and social impacts. The results show that China’s sustainable data should grow from 2021 to about 2044. After 2045, it will be stable, and there will be negative growth in a short period. The overall life cycle assessment (LCA) and social impact assessment (SIA) continue to remain in the positive range. There will be no negative growth in aggregate data and zero or negative emissions before 2108. The final research data are accurately presented in the form of annual emissions, which provide a scientific and theoretical basis for the government to formulate medium- and long-term ecological regulations and plans.

Effects of Fertilizer Level and Intercropping Planting Pattern with Corn on the Yield-Related Traits and Insect Community of Soybean

Intercropping of corn and soybean is widely practiced in agricultural production. However, few studies have investigated the effect of intercropping and fertilizer reduction on soybean yield. In the present study, corn and soybean were interplanted in 2:2, 2:3 and 2:4 ratios. Two fertilizer levels (normal: 600 kg/ha VS. reduced: 375 kg/ha) were set. The effects of fertilizer levels and intercropping planting patterns on the growth and yield of intercropping soybeans were studied based on the changes in enzyme activities related to nitrogen metabolism and insect community in the field. The results show that fertilizer reduction significantly reduced the biomass, 100-seed weight and yield of soybean. Intercropping also reduced these yield-related traits; a decreasing trend was more obvious with a decrease in soybean ratio. Intercropping had greater effect on soybean plant biomass, 100-seed weight and yield than fertilizer reduction. Reduction in fertilizer reduced the activities of nitrogen-metabolism-related enzymes in soybean. In addition to increased NR (nitrate reductase) enzyme activity in R5, intercropping planting pattern also had negative effect on the activities of nitrogen-metabolism-related enzymes in soybean. Reduced fertilizer only significantly reduced the Pielou evenness index. Reduced fertilizer application was beneficial with respect to the outbreak of greenhouse whitefly. However, an intercropping planting pattern can significantly increase the number of species, as well as the Shannon–Wiener diversity index and the Pielou evenness index of the insect community, and significantly reduce the Simpson dominance index and the population of the important pest, green leafhopper. In conclusion, C2S4 (two corn rows with four rows of soybean) is a scientific intercropping planting pattern that can reduce the occurrence of pests through ecological regulation and does not significantly reduce the activity of enzymes-related to nitrogen metabolism in most cases, ensuring soybean yield.

Dyes removal from textile wastewater by agricultural waste as an absorbent – A review

Water pollution from the textile industry affects environmental conditions by generating large-scale effluent mixed with various dyes. Dyes are mostly organics with multiple compound structural and molecular weight variations; if not managed properly before release, they may harm the environment and organism. However, many dyes are categorized into distinct groups, and various adsorbents for dye adsorption have been identified. Among these dyes, methyl dyes, which come in multiple colours, are the most popular in research due to their availability and accessibility. It is imperative to use effective treatments using special adsorbents to remediate water contamination before discharging into streams. As awareness of environmental issues increases with time, the need for a wide range of adaptive alternative feedstock that satisfies ecological regulations has become a priority for researchers worldwide. Therefore, there is a need to develop other adsorbents from alternatively economic raw materials such as locally available industrial and mineral waste and by-products. Additionally, numerous materials have been used, prepared, or grafted from various agricultural peel-based adsorbents. Biomass is a significant source of renewable adsorption processes for hazardous compounds, including toxic organics and metals/elements. It is much cheaper, has abundance, effective adsorption capability, and reusability, have numerous advantages over conventional materials. This review focuses on using plant agricultural wastes to remove dyes. Different adsorption capacities, operating conditions, and application forms have been investigated. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms are demonstrated to illustrate the adsorbent's properties and adsorption mechanisms. • Agricultural waste is valuable because it is inexpensive, abundant, and resilience and is utilized to adsorb and remove various types of dyes. • The agricultural waste (organic peels, seeds, and leaves) demonstrated its remarkable efficacy in removing contaminants from water. • This research is gaining much attention and prominent.

ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DETERMINING ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE NPP EMISSIONS USING THE RADIATION CAPACITY OF LANDSCAPE COMPONENTS

Using the radiation capacity model of landscape components located in the zone of influence of the NPP and the results of the calculation of the radiation risk from human and terrestrial biota exposure, an approach was developed to determine the amount of radionuclide emission from the NPP that ensures the safe existence of terrestrial biota (ecological regulation) and humans (hygienic rationing). A conservative calculation performed for the actual emission of 137Cs from the Zaporizhzhya NPP showed that an ecologically safe level of exposure to biota organisms (mammals) located in the studied territory of the plant's monitoring zone will be ensured with an emission from the NPP almost an order of magnitude greater than for humans.

An integrated approach for identification and quantification of ecological drought in rivers from an ecological streamflow perspective

Although various studies have investigated the impacts of climate variability and human activities on drought, researches specifically analysing the impact on ecological drought are still limited. A deep understanding of the climatic and anthropogenic effects on ecological drought processes is crucial for ecological regulation and management in the changing environments. In the present study, an integrated approach for comprehensive understanding and quantification of ecological drought in rivers was proposed which first applied the nonparametric kernel density estimation (KDE) method to calculate the most suitable ecological streamflow (MSES) for a river ecosystem. Then, the variable threshold level method based on the MSES for each month and the run theory method were applied to identify the ecological drought duration and deficit volumes. Finally, a quantification approach based on hydrological model simulation was proposed to attribute the impacts of climate variability and human activities on ecological drought. The proposed approach was applied on two catchments, Xianyang (XY) and Huaxian (HX) within the Weihe River Basin (WRB) in northern China. Comparison results obtained using the two empirical methods revealed that the MSES calculated using the KDE method was reasonable and can be used for ecological drought identification. The identification results showed that both the median and upper quartile values of the drought duration and deficit volumes during the disturbed period (1991–2017) were greater than those during the undisturbed period (1961–1990). Quantification results showed that human activities were the dominant factor aggravating ecological drought in the WRB after 1990. The contribution rates of climate variability and human activities toward ecological drought variations were 25.6% and 74.4%, respectively, for the XY station and 42.7% and 57.3%, respectively, for the HX station. Although the WRB was selected as a case study, the proposed approach can also be applied to other regions to provide scientific guidance for regional ecological management.

Ecohydrological Variation and Multi-Objective Ecological Water Demand of the Irtysh River Basin

Hydrological processes regulate the ecological processes of a basin. Climate change and anthropological activities lead to changes in the natural hydrological process of rivers, whereas variations in hydrological processes can disrupt the stability of ecosystems, resulting in various ecological challenges. Quantitative evaluation of ecological water demand and its key components can play a key role in the sustainable development of ecosystems. The studies of ecohydrological variation and multi-objective ecological water demand are of great significance for ecological protection and remediation due to the unique characteristics of each river basin and diverse ecological protection objectives. This study identified ecohydrological variation in ecosystems, focusing on the Irtysh River Basin as a case study, and improved methods for ecological water demand of valley forests and grasslands in terrestrial ecosystems and for the ecological water level of lake ecosystems. The results demonstrated that: (1) a drastic decrease in the annual average river flow of the basin and significant changes in ecohydrological characteristics can lead to reduced biomass; (2) the ecological water demand of valley forests and grasslands during the critical ecological stage (April–September) was 521 million m³, with 52.4% of total demand occurring in June and July. The minimum ecological water levels of the Burultokay and Jili lakes were 478.66 m and 480.66 m, whereas the maximum levels were 482.80 m and 483.20 m, respectively; (3) ecological regulation based on catchwork irrigation technology can create hydrological processes that meet the water demands of valley forests and grasslands and achieve remediation of the terrestrial ecosystem. The ecological water levels and the ecosystem balance of the Burultokay and Jili lakes can be maintained by optimizing the replenishment flow from the Irtysh River to the Burultokay Lake under different precipitation levels. This study can act as a reference for the ecological protection and remediation of the Irtysh River Basin and similar ecosystems globally.

Reservoir Regulation for Ecological Protection and Remediation: A Case Study of the Irtysh River Basin, China.

Hydrological processes play a key role in ecosystem stability in arid regions. The operation of water conservancy projects leads to changes in the natural hydrological processes, thereby damaging the ecosystem balance. Ecological regulation is an effective non-engineering measure to relieve the influence of water conservancy projects on ecosystems. However, there are still some problems, such as an insufficient understanding of hydraulic processes and difficulty evaluating the application effects. In this study, the theory of ecological reservoir regulation coupled with hydrological and ecological processes was examined and ecological protection and remediation were investigated using the valley forests and grasslands in the Irtysh River Basin as a case study. The results demonstrated that (1) to meet the demand of the hydrological processes in the valley forests and grasslands, in terms of ecological regulation, the peak flow and flood peak duration of the reservoir, named 635, in the Irtysh River Basin should be 1000 m3 s−1 and 168 h, respectively, and the total water volume of ecological regulation should be 605 million m³. Ecological regulation can guarantee that the floodplain range reaches 64.3% of the core area of ecological regulation and the inundation duration in most areas is between 4–8 d; (2) an insufficient ecological water supply would seriously affect the inundation effects. The inundation areas were reduced by 2.8, 5.1, 10.3, and 19.3%, respectively, under the four insufficient ecological water supply conditions (528, 482, 398, and 301 million m3), and the inundation duration showed a general decreasing trend; (3) the construction of ecological sluices and the optimization of the reservoir regulation rules could effectively relieve the influences of an insufficient ecological water supply. At water supply volumes of 528 and 482 million m3, the regulation rules should assign priority to the flood peak flow; at water supply volumes of 398 and 301 million m3, the regulation rules should assign priority to the flood peak duration. Consequently, this study provides a reference for ecological protection in arid regions and the optimization of ecological regulation theories.